In hindsight to the original post, I must admit that "local ENY" may not have been the best title. The point of the thread/first post was that there should be a way to account for a side getting double teamed. In retrospect, I don't know that there is a way to determine that and, after several days of consideration (taking into account some of the posts), I see that a local ENY may not only be 'not an answer' but may actually make things worse.
I can imagine a scenario where country A is getting pushed back by hording countries B and C (both who have superior numbers). As "A" gets backed into a corner or a few bases, their numbers become so concentrated that even though they are outnumbered, they can be negatively affected by a "local ENY". (i.e. all of country A's forces being forced to fight at 1 or 2 bases).
That having been said, I retract the request for "local ENY"; however, the purpose of the original post still remains. If game play is negatively affected by the double team, how do you account for the lack of fight between two of them and not plague the underdog with ENY? Truth is I don't have the answer, but when I made the first post, there wasn't a word for what I was trying to describe and I may (or likely did) use the wrong phrase in asking for a 'fix.'
I still think that local ENY is appropriate if it would only take effect on the 'hording' attackers, but there is no way to determine that. Taking a point from Dads, it would be better to have NO ENY, than to have a local ENY that might affect the game as described just above.
To Dads... I get what you are saying about switching to another country and provoking a fight between the two. Unfortunately, at the time of my initial post, I was the only one of my squad logged on. I did not have a massive amount of time to play but wanted to get a few flights in. I saw that Bish were getting horded and double teamed, and saw an opportunity to get a few flights, earn some defense kills, and go about my day. Unfortunately, I couldn't up any defense against the bombers or the horde, because - on paper - it appeared that Bish had superior numbers. I know that you realize this, just as I also see your point. I don't disagree with what you are saying, but I just didn't have time or the resources to mount a legitimate provocation between the other two countries.
Nonetheless, yours and several others posts make valid points and arguments. It would appear that the only solution to the problem I described would be NO ENY. I would rather get horded by a bunch of 'uber' birds, than to have the opportunity to defend taken away by ENY.
