[Discuss] War Island Change

[Alex]

Tom Vogt wrote:
>> The likely result is twofold: first that the south island realms will  
>> start choosing their leaders informally: no matter who actually holds  
>> the post of ruler or general, they'll wind up picking a "real" ruler  
>> and council and just rotating the throne-warmer.
>>     
>
> That's an interesting idea, but I doubt it will work very well. There 
> are two kinds of people who will volunteer for that position: The very 
> loyal ones and those with plans for themselves. Sooner or later, you'll 
> have one of the later in charge.
>   
And what are the selfish glory hunters going to do when they're in 
charge on an island where there's no diplomacy and no point in hoarding 
gold?

If you can't use your influence to do anything worthwhile and selfish, 
no-one will want it. So the loyal people get the positions and the 
island turns from a delicate balance of strategy (reminiscent of a 3 
player RISK game) to a mindless meat factory where armies are thrown 
against each other again and again so the stats rack up. For the people 
getting dropped from positions, who needs prestige? What are you gonna 
use it for on an island which, at least to me, would be exceptionally 
predictable and boring?


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