[Discuss] Invasion lenght

[Alex]

James wrote:
> Timothy Collett wrote:
>   
>> Why does that matter?
>>
>> It should be *much* easier to get the position than to hold it.  At  
>> the moment, that's really not the case.
>>
>>
>>   
>>     
> I very much doubt that it is going to be easy to win the election... 
> most people are going to vote for someone who says they will give up the 
> position when the ruler gets back.  If you don't follow through they're 
> going to protest you out.
...have you ever seen this happen, except perhaps in relams with elected 
governments?

Also, the ruler is on a bit of a power trip with the whole "I'm the 
ruler and you're not, nyah" business. I thought you said that didn't 
happen enough?
>   I really don't see how you can win and 
> maintain the position without enough support to kick the ruler out of 
> power (either through protest or rebellion).  Remember the cap on how 
> many it takes to cause a rebellion was changed because it was too easy 
> and could be done with little or no support
A ruler doesn't have to have much support to get elected, particularly 
in smaller realms (which I tend to stick to for promotional purposes)