[Monroe]

I'm in favor of larger allies rather than smaller, it allows more training of new players as the bigger allies can't fill up their tag with top skilled players, and so are almost always willing to take a risk with at least a few new players. In a universe with a 50- alliance limit the top allies can't afford any newbies, and so the newbies don't get to see how the top allies function.

Another major issue with 50- member allies is you cannot put enough fleets together for a decent attack, this means allies will have to block for attack purposes just to have a decent chance. In my opinion any attempt to greatly restrict the size of allies would simply lead to battle groups being formed who will work together as de facto allies.