"I've used it many times. It's a good command because it allows two allies to fully work together. I've also suffered from it a number of times hahaha....but I still think it's a good command."
"Never granted an ally access to my territory. Once it was granted to me. Can't say much for it, other than I like it in concept even though it is rarely used. (There's just something about letting someone else into my home that rubs me the wrong way.)"
"0 times, I am a beginner."
"lost count on it."
"lets you combine your forces against a common enemy"
"I like it a lot it allows sneak attack through other peoples territories and can take away the lag of backstabing a friend since in order to hurt them you just have to give someone else access to your land that borders them and thus you do not have to DN and DW before they are hurt..."
"realistic in that it allows allies to assist each other with units."
"Without it the game would be a nightmare."
"get through allies territories, thus making the game more fun"
"if your ally betrays you, he already has some of your territory."
"The only thing I would like to see changed is the ability to UU in an ally's area. I think allowing you to build new units in an ally's area would not be fair, since Austria could build in his German ally's area in South Africa or something, and obviously that's not fair. But if Austria is already in his German ally's area with a corps, why not allow him to make it an army....he's already there, after all."
"allows treachery. (This is a weak point, but I feel it is a good one for the game.)"
"the need for it is very rare, to my experience."
"I am still not sure if a GA must be used to allow an ally's unit to support the defence of another?"
"the Power that has the unit on the allied area shouldn't be allowed to DN to the allied."
The GA is the most used command of them all. Not only most of the players have used it but they also use it a lot. Remember that although there are 5 players who have never use it before, some have just started their games and probably at this time have already used it.
Main reasons for his use is the chance to play stronger moves as it allows combining and coordination of ally’s efforts.
The only great big danger with GA is the chance of one of our allies.... J ...with all the consequences citated by the players, some lines ago.