Recently on FFA we had a new acct begin playing a rep indy, hit an established alliance a few too many times, die and quit the game all within a week.

With this mechanic in place, rather than being dead and gone we would have an opportunity to recruit new players who dont know what they're doing before opening hostilities. It would not only help the gameplay for a vast majority of folks who just want to net, but it would also prevent griefers from targeting the largest nations with countries that should in theory be too small to do real damage. And the only way it changes current wargames is to eliminate blindsides which frankly have always been a negative experience for netters and wardogs alike.

Some servers, like 1a or FFA would benefit from this change. Other servers, like team, frankly need it.