The first thing he said was that it was unfair that NA had the same size roster but not enough players to fill them and that merc diplomacy is a big deal or whatever. I told him that the demand for battle slots almost always exceeds the cap allowed, unless its at an EU time, when Hospitallers and Fallen both gleefully signed up en masse at a godawful early morning hour in the middle of the week.
Stunts like that are why people are so enthusiastic for signing up against Hospitallers or Fallen, and most people refuse to sign up for you!
Also if you are implying I am xenophobic, I fight for the UIF or Nords in every battle I can make. All great clans, cool players, nice leaders, and fun battles. In fact I enjoy the EU battles way more than most NA ones, because everyone in NA sucks at the game and has peasant gear and unfun fights, compared to superior EU organization (and carebear economies). I just don't like the Coalition's side too much 
For what it's worth, what applies to you doesn't apply to everyone. KUTT and Hospis have been struggling, as have smaller factions. We've been doing alright with it, as Tears mentioned.
Beating 20 guys with 50 just isn't as much fun, for either side. And unless you're a real shithead, this game is about having fun. If you are, it's about beating people who don't have a chance because of game mechanics largely beyond their control.
Most people refuse to sign up for Fallen because most people are at war with us.
You can hate us for whatever reason you can contrive. We're outnumbered about [information withheld for security purposes] to one and have no set alliances. Because we're
that committed to keeping binary alliances from happening on the NA side a la UIF/anti-UIF. The NA Fallens have been there for two years. What we have today is far, far better. I wish my EU buddies had our opportunity.
I know you'll never listen to me for whatever reason, but for God's sake, don't wish carebearism onto NA. Ever. The bitch of it is that it only takes one side to force the other's hand. Platemail armies aren't worth it.
None of us should ever wish for reducing the game to two sides. NA should never be a place of JUST good guys (us) and bad guys (them). We need to all be independent masters. If not, things will just boil down to wars of attrition, political gridlock will prevent anything interesting or surprising from happening, and less people can get involved in the game because the two "sides" mean that more players are invested in each battle but only a limited number can actually play in them.
Keep NA wild and free, and the UIF can keep their goddamn +3 Heavy Yawshans.
So the Knights of Ni can steal all 200k of them again, hahahah.
