BACKGROUND
My Reaper crew found dueling hourglass ships (Guardians vs Servants)
We used our hourglass and helped our fellow Reapers sink the Athena. Yay!
But no allegiance for us. I know that this is due to the "Deterring Team Battles" changes in Update 2.7.2:
"Crews who discover two Faction ships in a battle will no longer be rewarded with Allegiance, Streak increases or Hourglass value for joining the fight and sinking the Faction ships, as they are not part of the battle."
Question 1
Based on a strict reading of the update notes, it sounds like it is still possible to earn allegiance for sinking rival faction ships that we encounter in adventure organically, so long as they are NOT engaged in a battle. Can anyone confirm that this is true? OR is allegiance now only for people diving or defending?
Question 2
In the encounter described above, we sank the Athena ship first. We got no Allegiance because of the Update 2.7.2 change mentioned above.
After that, we sank the Reaper ship. We did not get any allegiance from that either, presumably because both ships belonged to the same faction.
But WHAT IF we sank the Reaper first? The Athena would then no longer be a part of a duel. If we sank the Athena AFTER their battle, would we receive allegiance for the sink?
If the answer is YES... Doesn't that mean the current system encourages us aid the enemy faction if we run into a duel during the course of our adventure? :-O
If anyone could answer these questions based on experience (or direct me to another thread with details on this), I would much appreciate it!