Quote Originally Posted by Caelum View Post
Absolutely not true.
A couple of ages ago I personally witnessed a situation where a top kingdom made a bottom feeding hit into a little kd. The guy retaliated...one hit.

I watched for the next 3-4 days as every province in the top kingdom razed into the smaller kingdom nonstop...army in/army out. Even after the smaller kingdom went fortified, the razes continued. The news feed was amazing. NW doesn't matter when razing, remember that.

Granted, a coordinated effort from multiple kingdoms into a top kingdom would likely have a different ending.....but I wouldn't be surprised to see that escalating into a server-wide war with no winners. Not that it'd ever happen, because good luck getting enough small kingdoms to cooperate with a plan like that when they could instead just be warring each other.
That may have been enough to discourage/disband that smaller kd, but truthfully the smaller kd still had a ton of revenge power. Larger kds are much easier to track and more info on their goals/position is generally known. The reason the massive raze wave happened was because the large kd was in a position where it was not going to affect its crown chances. The small kd could easily revenge such bullying in later ages with well timed plunders into prep and hitting into the larger kds wars. The larger a kd the more it has to lose, and the more frustrated they become with that kind of interference. The only thing stopping it is if a small kd wants to have any other goals aside from fsu revenge.