The alliance bloc limit was implemented to stop people like you from doing what you've been doing for years. Dog piling
Do you have any idea who I am?
A geopolitical interest is why you sign alliances. Not why you show up to random battles to help people you have nothing to do with.
Wait, no. "you have nothing to do with someone" just because he's not your mechanical ally any more? This is not human. This is Age of Empires level of diplomacy.
I understand the problems with the alliance restrictions' conflict with human nature, and as I have said repeatedly, I would be overjoyed to have an alternative system to put in place that achieves the same goal, and also works alongside human motivations, rather than against them. However, until those alternatives actually exist, the alliance restrictions are the law of the land, and circumventing that law carries with it a harsh punishment, especially after all the many other things Kinsey and the three rulers in question have done—or, as the case may be, utterly refused to do.
I get the concerns. And I get that the solution is not readily available and it's a placeholder solution to strongarm the playerbase into.. I dunno.. playing the game by mechanics and not by personal whims?
But I seriously fear that the cure for the issue may be way worse than the issue itself. That is honestly the only reason I spoke up.
