I'm not sure how to feel about this. On the one hand it's actually quite hilarious that mercs got punched in the groin once again, but on the other hand i find this action to be so...low. I mean, yeah, backstabs can be nice and keep the game fresh, but crpg-looms for a strat castle and troops+gold? Meh. What's the fun in that. I hope you will use those troops to attack some merc castles, because now they are definitely not going to get out of them.
Or attack coalition with them, that'd be fine, too =D
Also, what's with everyone saying that strat is getting wiped anytime soon? Because of what harald posted some time ago? Lol, yeah right. He just simply stated that strat will be wiped again at some point. That could be tomorrow or in one year.