Quote Originally Posted by gollum View Post
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a) Alliances buy you off time to deal with a more imminent threat. If you are a clan that is facing more than one potential enemies along its borders it is imperative to keep them off your back until you deal with others first. Otherwise you are risking being attacked by more than one clan and being swamp by enemy numbers even if you are winning battles.
I've thought about this but aren't AI clans pretty much all treacherous? I mean, do they really place any value on agreements such that I can trust them to keep their word?