The simple way is to only allow clan members to participate in a SH seige. At the same time it would be nice if they fixed seiges so that only your opponent can attack and not anyone hoping to gain soul shards or even worse members of the same kd just wanting to spoil people's fun.

What you describe does not break the game's balance rather it takes advantage of the new balance which the introduction of alliances created.

Even after the introduction of alliances, fighting in the game is substantially a mere matter of brute force with little or no opportunity for skill or finesse.  Alliances seem to me welcome, both so as to expand the opportunity for diplomacy and to introduce just a little tactical/strategic manoevring into the game.

Your opponents are playing well and once you can rid yourself of your misplaced distaste your comments show that you are starting to learn from them and can begin to consider what options you may have to emulate them.

Hi Jarls, if you face such a situation, please keep informing the Support Team, they will check if there are no violations of the In-Game Rules: https://vikingsweb-support.plarium.com/web/en/problems

Have fun😎

Dear John, 

although I am getting used to your derogatory remarks, that doesn't mean I appreciate them or agree. And no, I don't learn from this enemy since it was pretty obvious from the start that these tactics were a possibility. My remarks include the fact that I have nor time nor resources for a second SH, so instead of pointing out the obvious, you may as well read my first post again. It's not a sign of high intelligence to repeat what I already wrote. You may notice in a re-read that I already posted on fb that Plarium itself advised me to report this and that these tactics sounded ok to me given the alliance rules. 

However, both on facebook and now also here, Plarium advises to contact them when people use these tactics, so clearly they are concerned. It is not up to you, John, to decide whether some mechanisms in the game are fine or not. That is up to the designers and that is why I report this.

I aked you before to write something constructive instead of picking on people. I am asking you again. To my opinion, people like you should be banned from a forum because you lack respect and understanding.

What were your expectations of the information contained in your opening post of this topic?

Maybe an answer to the question at the end?  I.e. .. since everyone can do it Plarium wont need to try and stop it. 

However since every win increases the chance of a tougher oponent next time there must come a time when winning is no longer guaranteed.

I think I got that, but I also thought I detected a hint of sour grapes.

It would seem that knowing how to do it doesn't mean it can be achieved, or there's a successful outcome,in a contest of two someone inevitably looses .  

It clearly doesn't assist those complainants who can't compete on an equal footing with those who have also been manipulating the draw even further in their favour in order to win.

I read people complaining about this. My goal was to make it clear to everyone that it is correct gameplay endorsed by Plarium. Since I copied their answer from their mail there is no doubt. There are plenty of people who have trouble winning. No harm in giving them a handout how to do better.

Personally I have learned a lot from my enemies during cvc, but it takes some tactical understanding to connect the dots sometimes.