It was actually a lot of reasons that finally made Melhed join the fight. Not wanting to be painted into a corner of the map forever behind friendly realms, not wanting to stab an ally and suffering from Too Much Peace is probably what swayed the majority of the Senate. Opportunism was hardly a factor at all.
such level of hypocrisy would hardly fit even ic world as there is simply nothing in game to back it, while putting that ooc what looks as ic propaganda is nearing absurd.
there is only one reason instead all mentioned - opportunistic desire to use gang-bang while having no care for any ic story.
instead of players trying to brush their characters skills and experience in-game through some desire for competition, we have developed desire to simply use simple gang-bang opportunity to replace all other aspects of game.
there are no stories, no fun, it is simply not playable, neither on military nor on diplomatic level, that is mere button-pressing, and only game mechanics could prevent game from "spontaneously" falling into non-playable state.
