[Gandalf Parker]

That would be another alliance which would work well.
Is the problem that its possible?

I tend to play solo games. Sometimes I play two nations at once. In multiplayer games I tend to prefer "US vs THEM" player allainces against AI alliances (I probably should setup some of those for public play).

So to me, this is a great option to playing Dom3 games altho I can see the problem if its done in multiplayer games. I cant come up with any suggestions on game change to suggest to the devs which might make such alliances impossible. Can you? So bringing up the subject will at least spark game hosts to remember to mention it in the games setup rules.

I did try to come up with a way to try and enforce such rules. The steps for creating a completely anonymous game for example to try and control alliances. Instructions on how to watch in-game messages in the logs. But unless you also can watch PMs in this forum, IRC channel, etc then its abit moot.