In Darkfall nobody plays in a way that is intended to render an impression on you. Everybody determines and does what he thinks fit. There is no restraints, no preset agreements. You should never expect that in a confused battle of imbalanced participants from the two sides your allies would come to support you. numbers can replace the role of skill in such a battle, it is disgusting, but it is true.
of course there are various strategies that you can choose from for yourself. You could outcast yourself so that there is no need to worry about raids from the enemy, and you could save a lot of time by avoiding the tedious structure building; you could choose to mount a raid on the village early in the morning for it is relatively easy; you could also refuse to accept new players into your community to get yourself rid of hindrances. You just do anything that pleases you, so do the others.
