[Discuss] Region Claims

[James]

Robert Croson, Jr wrote:
> On 1 Aug 2006 at 13:01, Alex Davies wrote:
>
>   
>>>>> Are region claims not yet working or how do they even work?  I am the 
>>>>> Prime Minister of The Cagilan Empire, I cannot appoint a lord to Nida, 
>>>>> which Carelia has a claim to, however, Carelia was able to appoint a lord 
>>>>> to Skalk, which CE has a claim to.  Is this a bug?  I believe Kronos 
>>>>> bought the title the first time, correct me if I'm wrong Kronos (or 
>>>>> someone in Carelia), does that make a difference?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> I believe buying the region removes the claim and acts like a sort of 
>>>> instant TO as it would have been before claims were implemented. In other 
>>>> words, that region now belongs to Carelia, not CE.
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> No, it's still listed as claimed by CE if you look at the region page.
>>>
>>>       
>> Odd. The  I wish someone would explain Region claims, theres a lot of 
>> unanswered questions on 
>> http://wiki.battlemaster.org/index.php/Talk:Region_Claim .
>>     
>
> >From what I understand, buying a title is not the same as appointing a lord. 
> You can't appoint a lord because the people do not acknowledge your right to 
> rule them. However, when you buy the title, you are, in essence, merely 
> exerting your (suposed) hereditary right to that title. You do this by bribing 
> people and forging documents. It really has nothing to do with who currently 
> claims the region.
>
> * You are *supposed* to be able to buy the title to a region with a claim on it.
>
> * You are *not* supposed to be able to appoint a local lord in a region with a  
> claim on it. (However, this doesn't always work, and you can, in some cases, 
> still do it.)
>
> This info is culled from various discussions and posts from many people, 
> including Tom. 
>
>   
Yes, we both know this and this wasn't an issue.  The issue was someone 
had the title and I assume he bought it, but now they were able to 
appoint someone else and I don't know why.  It seems like a bug?