Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-24705123-20140129005312/@comment-11482499-20140129092407

Actually, cartels mean MORE competition, and more $$ for Mobage, so they'll probably keep the Ally thing. Because the cartels compete with each other more fiercely than individuals compete. If individual (non-cartel aligned) players leave the game, there would still be fierce (more than 100 players) competing for T1, i suspect.

Allies are already useless in 2 out of 3 events (campaign, PVP), let's not make allies completely worthless. The ally community adds largely to the fun.