[Discuss] Re: Feature request - getting gold from family estates

[Timothy Collett]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 12:49 AM, Dorian Gray wrote:

> How about making the amount of gold you'll get from your home  
> region proportional to the amount of gold the region makes normally

Definitely and specifically opposed to this, precisely to *avoid* the  
situation you cite.

How is having lots of people wanting to move their family homes a  
good thing?
How is having people who *happened* to be lucky enough to get their  
home in a big city (like me) getting lots more gold than those  
unlucky enough to have it end up in a badlands somewhere a good  
thing?  Especially since the newbies won't have *any* chance of  
moving their home, and most others won't have much chance either.  I  
think I've seen the option all of *twice* in my nearly 3 years in the  
game.

I very carefully designed my suggestion to get around this problem:
> We can assume that noble families are pretty resourceful, so that  
> someone in the mountains might sell timber, or offer guide  
> services, and someone in badlands might own the rights to some gem/ 
> mineral deposits.  That way, no one is penalized for the luck of  
> the draw in where their family lands are.

Timothy Collett
Anaris Family

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