[Discuss] Re: Proposed Marshal changes

[Christopher Subich]

Matt Runyon wrote:
> 
>> And at the same time, you can't play a lord without getting involved 
>> in the political clout.
> 
> That's not the point.  Lords can be expected to be more involved.  
> Normal knights shouldn't have to care about politics if they don't want to.

But prior to local taxes and estates, lords didn't have to be much more 
involved.  A bureaucrat had more game-mechanic-required work to do than 
a region lord.

Being a region lord was an important status symbol, a good roleplay 
motivator, and a /springboard/ to politics, but it did not require 
participation.  Now, local estates and such require political 
maneuvering by a lord -- by design.  I just don't see this as a positive 
thing.