Quote Originally Posted by RUCrazy View Post
but what is the point of it all, if your in an alliance then you should be able to help any of your alliance members no if ands or buts about it... my point in this question is to find out why just because someones prestige is 2 or 3 or 4 times bigger or smaller can not help their own team mate out
If someone is 2-3 times your prestige then you're fine. If someone is 10x your prestige, then they should not need your help.

Anyone can quit the alliance and be re-invited. The act of quitting will drop their prestige by 10%. They can repeat the process and dump prestige. Now they can receive aid from smaller players. If prestige is more important to the person than aid, there is no need to send reinforcements.

The restriction is in place to dissuade multi-accounting that would create "feeder" accounts to send resources to a main account.