A few days after I started playing I noticed this player named MMM had the top spot everyday in the Best of Best on the Beta server. So. I poked around and saw that he had a lot of vassals.

I knew what that ultimately meant so I created a city on Grail...Same scenario. Same guy, same profile. YIKES!!!

After reading the http://www.1100ad.com/wiki/Guide where it said:

Politics – Vassals
Vassals are players that pay taxes to a stronger player in return for their protection
You do not want to be a vassal; you should only become somebody’s vassal if you are in deep trouble.

I began to ponder what it would take to defend oneself from the VASSAL WAR MACHINE that I saw in MMM and Associates.

My conclusion was to form a Massive Alliance. So I started a city on the Livonian server and began to do this. I now have more than 215 ALLIES!!! and growing everyday.

If you care to take the MASSIVE ALLIANCE defense position instead of wondering when one of the VASSAL WAR MACHINES are going to gobble you up also and make you one of their pawns, feel free to ask me to be an ALLY.

The only thing I ask is that if you join our MA you only become a vassal or have vassals to enhance game play and not to create another Ghengis Kahn type VASSAL WAR MACHINE. Afterall, the Vassal Lord relationship can add another dimension to the game and make it a bit more enjoyable.

But, come on, 54+ Vassals!!! That's a Ghengis Kahn type war machine.

Thanks
Pete