I think it would be very helpful to everyone if we had something that listed who we currently had declared or defended during combat. Personally, there have been many times when I wasn't able to attack someone back and I really had no idea why, because I didn't think I'd declared anyone. If we could just do DECLARE or DEFEND and it would list who we had manually/automatically declared at the moment and who we were defending I think it would help clear up a lot of the confusion regarding the avenger system.

This is a good idea.

I would still like to be able to just defend Commune-mates without getting them to ally me first-- especially protector/security/champions should be able to (they have some Commune defense responsibility anyways, what with piloting constructs, enemying folk, etc.)

Put them in together!

I suggested this to Forren a month ago. I wonder if he ever put it in

I don't think envoys have anything to do with Avenger decisions/changes.

As a note as this topic seems to have been addressed anyway..

Envoys dont handle mechanics outside of combat it seems. When Kephera and Illithoid came out we werent allowed to touch them. And we cannot touch Flux (and yes its being bugged for those who know why).