Will allies be able to join a battle? It is a shame that you cant have your allied ships in ES2 join. I hope that is not the case in Humankind.  

Maybe a method of lending your units to other civs so long as they stay in the region in question? Trading units?

Agreed. At the least, Civs currently allied with each other should be able to get reinforcements from each other, maybe commanded by their respective Player... this could add an element of Teamwork to battle leading to many possible situations, from the epic Teamwork Win of 2 smaller forces of 2 Players overcoming a powerful 3rd Player Force, to hilarious Teamwork Mega Derps!

& before ya'all say how an Ally Player could use this to Troll... they should think twice before doin it seems how the other Player could always retaliate by breaking off the Alliance & become another Enemy...

Of course, we have been told that we won't get slowed down due to other players participating in battles, so getting slowed down because an ally wants you to control your one unit near their army might not work with that.

Just giving more food for thought, what if there was a penalty for betraying or trolling your allies? Like losing fame or some kind or approval resource.

Bosskat wrote:

Just giving more food for thought, what if there was a penalty for betraying or trolling your allies? Like losing fame or some kind or approval resource.

I can totally get behind that idea.

Except people like Benedict Arnold were famous for their treachery, so . . .

Dinode wrote:

Except people like Benedict Arnold were famous for their treachery, so . . .

... Ya gotta point there...

Guess will have to rely on the "Karma Effect", aka "What goes around comes around."...