m.a@stars wrote on Thu, 06 February 2014 06:21

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I like the principle behind Altruist's suggestion to limit alliances to 2 players. But how do you enforce that?

2 ways: a vigilant Host, or some vigilant players.

What I mean is, isn't it difficult to define "alliance" sufficiently enough for the rule to be enforceable?

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One could say: "No more than one player set to friend at a time. All others must be set to enemy." That prevents sharing gates and allowing passage through minefields with more than one person at a time, but it doesn't prevent close cooperation, coordination of attacks, sharing intel, tech trades, mineral gifts, diplomatic support, etc.