The potential downsides that have already been mentioned didn't even take into account the fact that right now the bots act on their own, is the idea that these bot alliances would strictly defend? Or do they attack to attempt to grow as well?
If they do attack do they do it as the bots currently do, randomly send, sometimes fight SAS, sometimes let everything get bribed, sometimes just die, sometimes win, or do they do it like a real ally(based on their "tier") and potentially run ally attacks and the like? if they do run ally attacks then what kind of an impact does that have on the game? Right now anyone not in the top 3 allies is pissed about bashing/waving, or some people are. Imagine being new, and having your ally get raped every day by bots? I would quit after 1 day of that.
If they do attack do they do it as the bots currently do, randomly send, sometimes fight SAS, sometimes let everything get bribed, sometimes just die, sometimes win, or do they do it like a real ally(based on their "tier") and potentially run ally attacks and the like? if they do run ally attacks then what kind of an impact does that have on the game? Right now anyone not in the top 3 allies is pissed about bashing/waving, or some people are. Imagine being new, and having your ally get raped every day by bots? I would quit after 1 day of that.