Defending a tower was much easier back in the day but you have to keep in mind how hard it was to get a guild started in 2010 and 2011. Almost all the forts were homes for guilds like CJ, Nal, VG, Com, etc. Taking a tower back then was ridiculously hard for new guilds. I understand why towering was changed though but just wanted to make a point that towering wasn't as much of a joke back then like everyone here thinks.
On topic though I don't really care to see an all time board and my guild has 2,000 hours. Most players from vg, com, and cj dont even play anymore.