Answer is simple, never have anything you cannot protect, if you come across a player you cannot possibly beat then truce. If you are trying to steal their area or them being in the area is going to be a problem, LEAVE.
Try making a deal with them whatever, The so called 'Big' players most of the time are not after you, they usually have bigger fish to fry. Zeroed out or essentially ported away what the bleeding difference? If you are zeroed you ain't doing much anyway now are you.
No such thing as only one good area in the whole darned map.
And if a player wants to hunt down all your cities they have always had that option so your arguement makes no sense, the issue is the last city at 0 loyalty, guess what the days of one city accounts that are being used as spoilers are numbered, DEAL WITH IT.



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