Alliance of 2 clans who spent 2 million plinks are more than a match for NIF with their 4+ million plinks.

This situation on the map is for few reasons.
First, NIF spawns in Russia where are lots of territories, especially Lithuania, Estonia + Russia. whats important is that they are already secured from east because its the corner of the map so they have only west, south and north to fear of....
Second, they know that the most important issue at day 1 is to spread wildly. No clan wants a big fight at day 1 because that means they wont get all those neutral territories while fighting NIF
Third, very important, they have at least 4-5 commanders who can orchestrate their moves much faster than clans with 2-3 commanders. They can spread to neutral territories while fighting in the same time.
And fourth, they know that they have to ally or make NAP with at least one of their stronger neighbours so they have covered back......

They played this way for at least 6 battles and they know their tactic well.... You could say they reserved Russia so no one wants to go there....

I remember the beta versions when VIA played the same tactic but in UK+Ireland+France.... And one time VR and LPA got together and spawned next to VIA and beat them on day 1. VIA survived only by escaping UK....

Its not like the nazis Third Reich..... You try to spawn Germany and you will see what will happened to you.... ;)

And there are lots of examples when 3 clans got together and take on 1 big one....

p.s. That question of yours is better to ask over steam multichat, you dont have to let NIF know you are planning a mass counter attack and with who ;)

Battle 8 was, IMO, ridiculous. There were a number of reasons for this, but I argued enough at the time, so I'm not gonna do it again.

This battle, things are different - everyone is now aware of NIF. However... things probably won't change, because none of the big clans who could actually take them down trust each other/like each other.

For example, us (Steamfriends) + VIA could easily take them - we have spawned on both sides, and all we'd need to do is chip away at them. Two problems though - (1) Team up with VIA? Yeah right, you seen their track record? and (2) Yes, we would take them down - but we would also take OURSELVES down, and then the other clans would pick up the pieces of us, and we'd be out too.

So yes, I'm sure lots of people don't want NiF to win again, but the bottom line is, no-one wants to be the clan to step up, fight them, take them down, and go down with them. And so we all just make alliances with them instead, in the hope that we will be the last clan they attack when they decide to rampage ;p