We never should have stayed allied with Barbarians and NDO would have helped a lot more if we'd turned on Barbs - which was the logical and intelligent move but was impeded by, you guessed it, personal relationship issues.
Well IMO that statement just goes to show that you didnt learn anything. The fact that u prefered and seemingly still prefer to align yourself with NDO, really shows something about your alliance. NDO came to be because Delos Elite could not cope with the war they started with Barbs (i mean actual fighting, not spying or taking members etc.), a war they had a pretty big numerical advantage in. Once they noticed things weren't going their way, they ran to merge with NWO with whom we had good relationships (still do as we picked up quite a few unhappy NWO players who did not agree with the Delos leaders and strategy since they ruled the roost when NWO leaders main leaders hit VM). 2 weeks of ceasefire later and suddenly we wake up to NDO bringing war to us again (from inside sources, this was again prompted by Delos players).
The fact that you still think having a 5 branch NDO ally cud have helped you win if we wern't a factor is absurd. You would of had a much better chance if you had convinced NWO to not merge with Delos and stuck by barbs. Then we cud have been one big NWO/Barb/hata family that would of had a chance. We only got a NAP with Ni cos u guys left us to die, sorry we didnt oblige
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Also just look at stats, even after their merge NDO still hasnt come out ahead. Sure add hata to their side and im sure we wud struggle but life wud have been much easier if hata NWO and barbs took out Delos (wud have been quick and easy) and then concentrated on Ni. The opposite wud have been harder cos sry to say, it wud take more attacks and ops to take out barbs with our 50 players than it wud of taken to destroy Delos and their 3 alliances.
Anyway, enough said, we were never that interested in WW but with the right motivation we wud of helped out hata just as some of us have for Ni... Next world choose ur allies and diplomatic relations better, im sure itll work out better.