As a veteran, i take this merge as a good challenge. I like it.
Of course, i can understand the poor peasants, who clearly has no chances & just have to "enjoy" being rape against the vanguard clan-stack.
But as it has been said, many of you are over-estimating the real power of clan stacking. (It's far from working all the time, really...)
We need other clans to counter stack us :c Merge mercs & eques & some other clan
No thank you. I have nothing against Eques, and i guess it's the same for them but :
You guys
(Nords & Byz) merged because, as you said, you were often playing together
(& not only on crpg) and you knew each-others.
So now, you want other clans to merge without any relations/reasons apart "countering your bannerstack" ?
I am sorry, but it seems to be a silly idea.
Moreover, merging clans can potentially destroy the clan in question if it's not properly prepared.
Merging a clan is an option only if the 2 clans already have a relation & know each others quite well.
FrenchKiss