I think I'm looking at this from both sides, aponic...

no one's saying that two specific alliances should fight eachother every single round -- that would be bad as well and is not at all what I'm discussing.

what I'm talking about is basically moving apart and forming power blocks that will work with you outside of eachother, inevitably leading to conflict and friction.

basically SoL and SoF become the main power broker for their side and work the politics that way, not necessarily fight eachother every round. With the current way things are going, either SoF or SoL will need to fight every single alliance at least once every 2-3 rounds -- SoF and SoL will make up nearly 1/3rd of the server next round, with Rage in there.

Maybe it's a good time to start these type of discussions since SoF is already showing leadership in this area? :)