I don't need to earn respect or be bullied into doing anything I don't see fit best for my clan. I have already stated our intentions, and that is to supply Hospitaller while they continue to be attacked. To supply an army of our own to branch out and go attack would do nothing for our side whatsoever. Even if we take a fief, there's 5 more clans waiting nearby with easier reinforcements and ready for us to do something they frown on so they can simply lump us into their extinction war they're bent on. Right now, Hospitaller is on the defensive, they're not branching out to attack beyond the Steppe (at this time), so our best interest and what they are asking from us is to continue to supply them as best we can.
I don't get what's so hard to understand about that. And carebearing is exactly what everyone is going to do when this war is over. NA clans can say they won't, but they will. You all rushed to get into this war, and wonder why so many battles are one-sided with one side having gear and the other side being peasants and then have the balls to call it a victory when it's nothing. All that is is all of you so eager and headstrong wanting to get into conflict as early as possible without actually planning for the long haul.
Why would I launch offensives, when our fiefs just now reached the point of being able to each be properly defended and put up a good fight, not just get rolled over by a small army and our peasants be slaughtered? Seriously. Quit questioning our decisions and trying to get a rise out of us just so you can lump us into this war. We've made our intentions clear, we've made our alliance known, and we've stated our position. You all can keep draining your troops and gold this early all you want, I'm good. I'll wait for the real wars to start, the ones that will matter, and the ones that will net the most xp.
Besides: FCC, I already know your plan of waiting for us to send out armies to reinforce Hospitaller so you can move two armies into our territory and aim to take Curaw. You forget our alliance has ears everywhere, and if I remember right--you guys were speaking about this earlier in your teamspeak.