Non-Aligned Alliance Movement

Badur Agamak wrote: Why not bring NAAM down to a local level? If all the alliances in Middle Kingdom for example come together as a unified body and elect a council made up of one member of each alliance in the area . The council would then discuss trade, military policies etc . That way a select few members of each area can debate if conflict arises in illyriad instead of everyone getting on the forum and having heated discussions that don't solve the conflict and result in it becoming personnel and people form vendetta's in their conflicts. This then leads to the destruction of cities and people leaving the game. What do you think?

Hora wrote: Would be interesting, but utopic if more than, let's say, two alliances are involved...  This has been often proposed, sometimes tried, but small alliances don't want to listen, and big alliances don't need to... where war is cheap it always goes down to size of armies... sadly so.

Pleased to know that Tamarin is indeed utopia where the weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, the men act honorably and the women are always sexy and most active alliances work together under the The Lancetia treaty or a local agreement with the parties of that treaty (which is for mutual defense and trade only).

imho these confederations made to protect the little guy are silly. Smaller alliances need to understand that confederations are as much a liability as they are anything else. If you agree to aid another group militarily you can expect to find yourself in exactly the same situation as the non-alligned alliance movement [which just confuzzles this Dwarf... this whole the non-aligned alliance confederation thing... How can u be non aligned and neutral when you are in a large confederation (of smaller alliances?).]  To keep neutrality, a smaller group must avoid unnecessary liabilities and obligations. Take an ally or two and that's it - make it a big ally if you're worried about big groups unnecessarily battling you (which shouldn't be a worry if your small group is smart and has a strong active military).. but most important is to make it local and make your obligations defensive in nature so that you aren't drawn into any wars they get into...

finally, even with one or two confeds Hora is right.. size of armies does matter! But player numbers matter less (as Darmon points out). five or six good active members in one locality is a force to be reckoned with and it is respected locally (where it counts).  Diplomacy first but keep your axe sharp as I say. - M.


Edited by Meagh - 30 Oct 2013 at 03:08

Would be interesting, but utopic if more than, let's say, two alliances are involved... 

Two sibblings in a sandbox throwing sand molds at each other, 

Binky the Berserker wrote: the point of fair or unfair isn't the question. As long as everybody obeys the laws of the server it's fair. Ganging up 10 on 1 is fair, because it isn't forbidden.

What laws of the server .?. This game is an open-ended sandbox, it has no "laws" apart from a "how to play" tutorial

And since when is Illyriad - you know, the game where the older members protect the newbies and send them stuff and help them grow (unlike most other games of this kind) - ruled by the ethics of power and might .?.