Pact with E||M?

[Sol]

Due to current events and E||M being asked to merge with Pantheon I thought we could consider befriending E||M. While I am aware that they are not exactly a super power, I think we should start reviewing our Pacts/Treaties and possibly befriending other alliances because right now, it looks like we only have one friend: DIGG...and some people don't even like them.

So I had a chat with some E||M members and this is what I got. All quotes are from Dhaaran.

I asked Dhaaran what he felt about the whole situation with DIGG/Pantheon and their current pact with them and he replied

We are discussing it now, a week or 2 ago, we decided to review pacts. And the current E||M seam to be more against the pact, as they don't like Digg's 'Policing' or there recent digging.

We put up a peace treaty with pantheon, so in all honesty, we most likely won't be doing anything, i've heard morkin most likely wont either...

Pantheon ARE trying to put pressure on Digg to do it peacefully, if it comes to war, i think it is going to end up a 1 on 1.

And I asked what he thought about having a possible pact with Morkin alliances. I was talking to another member of E||M and they said that they had been thinking about it. Anyway Dhaaran said,

It would be likely we would. They are 1 of our 2 long-term peace treaties anyways.

also from intinial response, i think we will be keeping our Pain Sister-pact and also be working very closeley with DD (who i know morkin are getting chummy with)

He also expressed his concern about us agreeing to a pact since he thinks that Morkin won't entirely agree with their style of play since they're a bit more agressive.

said:

I think the only issues would be the style of E||M. Most of the morkin players like us, Wolfric, Googie and Clausewitz mainly.

We tend to be fairly agressive, so we don't have many lw's. (But pretty high spear counts) But our location closeness makes up for this.

They've also mentioned that they're currently reforming all of their alliance to centralize their power.

[Clausewitz]

If they're consolidating into a single alliance, it may be best to wait to see how that plays out before entering a Pact. I wouldn't want to be in the same situation we had with Pantheon wherein we had a Pact with the former alliance(s), but had to revoke it once they formed the conglomerate.

[Arminius]

We could start with 'friendship' (see DD) as a first step.

[McGoogus]

arminius said:

We could start with 'friendship' (see DD) as a first step.

That's a good idea. If that's agreed upon, then I'll let them know.

[Arminius]

I think diplomats should be able to set that up without requiring admin/membership approval.

[McGoogus]

Alrighty

We can't edit main pages though. Can someone put E||M and DUGG on the list?

[Sol]

Lynne
7 hours ago
RE: Greetings
Hi Sol,

Nice to hear from you.

We are considering what to do if Pantheon and DIGG come to war .. personally I would be quite happy to see a bit of conflict server-wide and would be quite happy if EM sort of stayed out of it. This seems to be the way our members are leaning as well, which I have to say surprised me a bit. It is extremely unlikely we will merge with
Pantheon.

We would be very happy to improve our relationship with Morkin - we have some good friends there.

Lynne

[Clausewitz]

I have lost all faith in Pantheon that there will be a fight with DIGG anytime in the near future.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be proven wrong, but everything I'm seeing seems to indicate that they're too nervous. They had their chance, and the window of opportunity has closed.

I'd bet 10 cats they split up along those who want to carry the fight to DIGG, and the cowards who talk about wanting to "see DIGG reduced so more wars can happen" but don't actually put their LWS where their mouth is.