[Turtle]

Fake nicking is useful for one thing, hiding your nick. With the small size of the universe now its pretty much guaranteed that your alliance is going to be known if you actively attack and defend with your alliance.

Its still useful for hiding your nick however if you're concerned that you will be targeted for who you are. People hold grudges, and there are people with powerful positions in various alliances who have no qualms against using their power to carry out personal vendettas. This is particularly true for BGs, and there are certain individuals whom I would highly recommend fake nicking if I was BPing with them, whereas I personally wouldn't bother.