[Discuss] Re: Proposed Marshal changes

[Christopher Subich]

Lyle Esau wrote:
> The way things are going now, there doesn't seem to be a reason to have 
> Bankers. Allow Rulers to set Realm Tax Distribution. And get rid of 
> things like Banker controlled food movement.

I favour letting local lord distribution settings override banker 
settings, but for the love of Zeus don't get rid of the banker position.

Right now, most of the management-math is centered in the banker.  Local 
lords can set their tax rates separately, but there's one central 
persion they can ask if they want advice.  Local lords now don't even 
have to touch the food distribution settings most of the time.

Getting rid of the banker forces all of the local lords to do some 
rather annoying math.  Since in my experience realms often aren't quite 
steady-state with purely automatic transfers (especially with weather 
influences), lords will have to periodicially check these settings.  It 
adds a layer of management to regions that is distinctly unfun for a 
wide class of players.