I have a suggestion - Let's call the Coa Conflict - The PA Conflict (plus a simple solution)
The PA Conflict - As this truly reflects what actually happens in practice. A handful - I mean a handful - of players each side search for an enemy's city with something in the city - hammer it to death with PA's (Political Assassains) - we are often talking 100s
95% of the other players dome up, and play their own game.
Plarium refuse to do somethig about this 'waste of time scenario' instead of trying to set up a real Coaltion Conflict which would be much more fun - so I have this very simple solution ...
Each week for the whole of Coa Conflicts (or even each separate Coa Conflict) the game rolls a dice - evens PAs allowed, Odds no PA's.
Here is a win / win - Plarium keep half the games their way - and we - the clients, get to play the game we want.
Let's do it!