Not really, maybe if you are in a competitive atmosphere and there are rules in place but in this game... The raids in the game have no rules, they have to blueprint, players go in blind and find out what works for them. If I was a king and we were at war with a neighboring land I would use any means necessary to protecting my kingdom regardless of how unpopular they were. If I send an assassin to kill the opposing army's leader I guess that would be "cheating" because generally that's not what people think to do in such a situation but it works, I win and thousands are spared. I guess I just cheesed the battle. I'm not saying I support this crap, people should do it the right way but they won't. Its the responsibility of the developer to make a game that players have to do the right way, test the damn thing, don't give people tools to "cheat" though the game. If you leave openings people will take advantage of them.