Almost every alliance COULD fight someone else. Almost every top alliance boarders minimum 2-3 other top alliances.
BS & Maelstrom have put up a good DEFENSIVE fight. Though both are lacking in the attack department.
BS has taken a couple cities from active players, including 1 from myself. But mostly from inactives.
Maelstrom put together a big (poorly planned & timed) assault on me, consisting of...40 attacks? From mostly 3 players, but a few threw in 1 or 2 as well.... But so poorly organized a monkey with one hand up his bung hole could have defended it. Wasn't even close.
Not to say they don't have the ability to do better, but since one of the main players involved was one of their top players, and threw what must have been everything he had, based on the farm space of the attacks and # of cities he had. But throwing attacks with no LS was just free BP for me. I hope they do it again soon
monkeyfeather, you ask what advantage is to be gained by helping the #1 alliance? What does Maelstrom have to gain by helping the alliances that are sandwiching them on both sides? Eventually, Maelstrom is going to be in big trouble because of their location, trying to fight an alliance on the other side of BLACK SEA is not going to help their situation. You've got 4 other top alliances surrounding you, would make more sense to take out one at your boarder, rather than going past your allies to attack, no? That's just my opinion, you guys keep doin what your doin, seems to be workin for ya?
Cheers