speaking for the na side i totally feel you on this, but at this point it seems like the only way to save strat is to allow some into their castles and shit..
sadly the more we beat everyone down, while they're all primarily small factions to begin with, the less battles we see because its taking so long to get more resources. i'm officially signing for attackers anytime i see a smaller faction going for unclaimed territory. the idea is hopefully the sooner there's no AI left means the sooner we start seeing real wars and legit battles.
plus as much as everyone loves to hate kesh, most of his mass signs on those types of sieges are to show people the worthy xp we can still get out of these semi shit battles in the start, i'm not playing to dominate.. i'd like to, but i'm really here for the xp and to have fun battles with the community