A proposition for keeping vote pyramids as non-confusing as possible: We have two seperate pyramids for +1s and -1s. If you have an issue with an action, quote the original post and -1 it if nobody else has already. If they have, then quote them and post -1. The same goes for giving +1 to actions you like.
The problem is that this isn't really a crazy, YOLO thing, it's just acting tough to somebody who knows we can't actually do anything. It'd be on par with threatening Oric or a Seraph, in that they'll like us less and otherwise probably nothing will change.
I fail to see how threatening Al is like threatening Oric. Both will laugh at us, but in Oric's case it would be because he's not threatened by us. In Al's case it will be out of sheer stupidity.
The problem is that this isn't really a crazy, YOLO thing, it's just acting tough to somebody who knows we can't actually do anything. It'd be on par with threatening Oric or a Seraph, in that they'll like us less and otherwise probably nothing will change.
I fail to see how threatening Al is like threatening Oric. Both will laugh at us, but in Oric's case it would be because he's not threatened by us. In Al's case it will be out of sheer stupidity.
I don't see how it would be sheer stupidity. Sure, Al can't do much to us, but we can't really do much to Al either, or at least not with our current party composition. For example, our party, if Al were to abandon us, would be:
Ciro, the low-HP blood mage who can deal damage well
Cherish, the low-HP healer who doesn't heal particularly effectively
Goombess, the low-HP I-don't-even-know who, in battle, can hit multiple low-HP enemies easily and can give information on enemies.
Slog, and do I even need to say why he wouldn't work well versus Al?
For Al's party, he has:
Al, the mid-HP, damage-dealing, bartering, high-DR nature's pupil who's possibly working with the Angels
Probably Betweenford
Possibly other Cherubs
You might notice that if even Betweenford gets on in the fight, and since we'd be menacing his apparent close ally, he almost certainly would join him. Betweenford, being what appears to be an influential individual in the Angel's resistance, could probably get some other angels in on the fight. Frankly, unless we somehow managed to get Rilita to join our party before Al strikes (He knows where we are, after all, and we can't flee to anywhere. DL2 is going to render us utterly dead. DL1 is faaaar too small to effectively hide us, if it's even reachable, and if we can get through DL2. Underside is his home, the Greens he evidently knows well, and DL3 is also likely to kill us, as well as removing our sole advantage. DL4 is full of unknowns, and he can contact Ecco, who doesn't seem very hostile to us, and might think that Al is still in our party and tell him where to find us, plus Ecco evidently wants Oric dead as well, and may also be in league with the angels, meaning yet another powerful party member for Al, and even then if he finds Ripriver he'd probably tell Al where to find us too) we'd be utterly at his mercy. Even if we DID find Riltia and get her to rejoin us, unless she's been powerlevelling and has ridiculous gear, we still wouldn't stand much of a chance against Al and all of his likely allies.
Frankly, threatening Al is one of the absolute worst ideas we could possibly act upon.