[Discuss] Starting more wars

[Matt Runyon]

Tom Vogt wrote:
> Matt Runyon schrieb:
>   
>> requirements need to be directly correlated to gold income for the 
>> region), but it works from a roleplay perspective.  It does NOT work 
>> from an efficiency perspective, and most people think about it from a 
>> standard gaming point of view, i.e. What is going to be most efficient?  
>> THAT is why you see people begging for gold, AND why you see Dukes and 
>> the like actually handing it out.  As far as I know (and what the 
>> standard consensus is among the military-minded that I've talked to), 
>> the most efficient use of gold is to have everyone in the army with the 
>> same number of the highest quality of men the realm can afford.
>>
>> Until and unless the most efficient path to personal gain no longer 
>> mainly goes through realms, this isn't going to change.  Until and 
>> unless an individual noble can be selfish and see real gains from it, 
>> then this isn't going to change.
>>   
>>     
>
> I've had one more idea regarding this:
>
> What about the gold/bonds difference? Would it be an incentive if your 
> local tax share were delivered in gold, not bonds? I think a lot of 
> people would like that and it would make the local tax share more 
> valuable, wouldn't it?
>   
That would make it incredibly more valuable, but you'd have to be 
willing to stomach the abilities that would give (i.e. staying in the 
field until you run out of men), or come up with other ways around that.

However, that still doesn't address the equality=more efficient=better 
way to do things.  Maybe prestige gains for having a great unit?  Or a 
leadership bonus because of your really cool troops?  Or a penalty to 
enemy morale when fighting such awe-inspiring soldiers?
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