Originally
posted by
Lucifer:
I would disagree. A warring alliance in my eyes should always be #1 above any kind of ranking. Why? because if they want to war they will war anybody. LaF is a primarily a netting alliance. If all they did was war, they would lose members. Hence if one day SoF says, F U to LaF and war them for 5-10 consecutive rounds, SoF numbers would be up and LaF numbers would be down. But that will never happen. A warring alliance dictates earth politics. You cannot stop an alliance of SoF size if they want to kill you. The reason why SoF can get away with killing MD for several sets in the past.
You are misguided if you think LaF would let SoF war them 5-10 resets in a row without calling in allies to gangbang SoF instead.
Alliance rankings need to take into account political clout, netting ability, warring ability, alliance size as well as past performance, and your eyes need to be opened. SoF got away with hitting MD because MD didn't have the political clout to bring in allies - and thus they are ranked lower in past sets until now.