You mean the randomly assigned fiefs in the middle of our territory - just like you attacked a dozen different fiefs in your respective territory that mostly went undefended as they were randomly assigned?
Also, really??? The 2nd and 4th largest factions unite into a mega-alliance of 35% of NA player base (45% and 1st and 3rd if you include each of their various vassals). Before a war has ever even broken out. Both clans are frightened out of their minds of ever standing on their own 2 feet and desperately sought a mega-alliance against who??? The only clans that are anywhere even near their size are FCC and TKOV, most of NA is smaller factions doing interesting battles. Why are Hospitallers always chasing after some alliance with most of the playerbase allied to them???
And every one of the fiefs in our territory we discussed with the people who owned it and came to agreements with 100% of them before we took the fief over. We figured that wasn't too much for FCC to do with their land claims. That being said, that's the exact reason why I don't take you attacking our fief as an act of war, because it was randomly assigned, and was in your territory that you were claiming, and more importantly, farther away from our lands than we were willing to try and hold.
We allied for mutual beneficial reasons. Mainly KUTT wanted Yruma Castle, but didn't have anything to offer that would interest us. We were able to come up with a trade alliance with them, mutual defense pact, and an agreement that if either side is fighting a battle, we would sign up mutually for them (or at minimum, not sign up against them). That's really all the agreement stands for. We don't have any enemies we are going to be nation building against, it's not like we're planning on marching across the NA lands and start taking over as much as we can.
KUTT is happy in the Tundra, and Hospitaller are happy in the steppe. We have no plans for aggressive expansion, this was just something that was mutually beneficial to both parties. Also, NH and Astralis are not Hospitaller vassals.
It should not be taken as a threat to anyone, and will obviously strengthen the defensive capabilities of both factions. I fail to see all the doom and gloom people are postulating about.
Would appreciate if you guys would stop thread shitting in the diplomacy forum section, there are rules stickied if you need any helpful reminders.
