Yes.
However, half an hour into the battle was when I received the caps lock steam message from Devestater. You guys came into our teamspeak trying to make amends (and demand reparation for tickets lost) after one of your leaders had already directly proclaimed war in the most vicious way possible. Regardless of my feelings about an NA vs NA war, how could I have ignored all the things he had just said to me?
I may not have done you right by signing up for a neutral fief, but there was no recovering from the knee-jerk reaction Devestater had.
Dev is like King Henry in the Tudors (besides the fact he's not the supreme leader of hospitallers). There's reasons why kingdoms and factions have diplomats who don't knee-jerk react and announce war. How many times in the Tudors did king Henry declare he was going to war with France or the Holy Roman Empire, to be talked down from the ledge by his advisors? And diplomats are generally there to smooth things over.
I'm assuming that's why an envoy came to your teamspeak after the battle to try and come to some sort of an understanding.
I'd prefer if we didn't weaken ourselves while the UIF grows stronger, but I do welcome some free experience, and actual NA pings.