Quote Originally Posted by Vladimir
Or you may want to think about who you ally to.
That is not really fair, if I ally to the Danes and the French early in the game I have no idea whether they will end up fighting later on...

I see the point in maybe being selective but even that does not always follow through... In my latests game the Poles, Denmark and Hungary are all allied and have left each other alone of many turns. However I could start another game and see Hungary and poland getting into an early fight...

One element of truth is that if you ally with everyone you can then you are either going to have this issue at some point (nore than once) or a uniquely boring campaign...

As for the rep hit for lossing an ally, that is hardly surprizing as you promised both military assistance without specifying defense only... I think the defender/attacker style of the question is simply a easy way to post the question without having to dynamically update the contents of the message with the names of factions concerned.