[Joseph]

i like to see how u gonna sort out alliance def when u pick some strat..

if u pick DE

stop FI easily with war frigs...
stop Co easily with xan FI
stop Fr with xan FI (despite if some1 comes with TER FR too)
stop De with wraiths
stop Cr easily with dragons
stop BS easily with spectres

if u pick FR

stop Fi with FR
stop CO with FI
stop FR with CR
stop DE with, well, u dont stop DE
stop CR with, well, u dont stop CR
stop BS with, well, its going to be very very hard stop big BS waves..

so... if u want FR and DE to be popular.. u have to make FR defensive ships a bit better..

but i sux looking at stats... so.. thats it..

good luck