[Discuss] Changing focus from Realm to Duchy

[Josiah Allen]

On Jan 13, 2008 7:47 PM, Kerry Seifert <k.re.seifert at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jan 13, 2008 6:34 PM, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:
> > Kerry Seifert made an excellent point: the realm-centric attitude is
> > instilled in new players from *before they even join their realm*!
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> > Now, what's the obvious way to change this?
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> > Don't make new players choose a realm to start in.  Make them choose
> > a *Duchy* to start in.  Obviously, it should be indicated to them
> > what realm the duchy is in, and something about the atmosphere there,
> > but if they're choosing a Duchy, not only will they have more say in
> > where they begin, they'll be thinking in terms of Duchies rather than
> > Realms right from the start.
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> > Timothy Collett
> > Anaris Family
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> > To be great is to be misunderstood.
> >  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
> I agree.  I think a realm should be run like a company.  When you start a
> new job, you're not applying at headquarters (probably), you're applying at
> the local branch.   BM should be run like that.  You create a character in a
> "branch" of the realm.  The potential is there to move up, but not
> necessarily immediately present, and might not be desirable at all.  When
> you're the employee at a large company, you probably know the name of the
> guy on the top, and you think you saw him once, but who can be sure.  It
> should be the same with a ruler.  There shouldn't really be a reason to talk
> to the guys up top except in very special circumstances, and there should be
> 'penalties' for attempting it, such as time delays and some cost.
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> Loyalty to your "realm" should also play out the same way.  The blue collars
> on the bottom (Nobles) are loyal mostly to their local branch, but have
> little care about the company as a whole, provided it doesn't shut down
> entirely.  As you work your way up through distinguished service, you become
> more in touch with the bigger picture, and your loyalty shifts to a higher
> branch (A Noble becomes a Knight is like a graduation from 'new guy' to the
> person everyone in the branch knows.  From there, you can become a local
> manager, like a Lord, regional manager, like a Duke, and if you're really
> good, you wind up in upper management, in BM, inner council.)
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> That will also balance out big realms and smaller ones better than they are
> now.  In  a small realm now, you can move up easily, but in a big realm it's
> often hard to get noticed.  By breaking large realms into ducal and regional
> units, it is easier to get noticed because you are constantly around your
> peers and being watched by someone the next step up.
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Know what would be a good addition to this?

Duchy flags, and a second political map showing duchy territories.


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