[Discuss] remove "Orders"

[John P. Murphy]

On Feb 3, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Tom Vogt wrote:

> I'm thinking about removing the "Orders" message type.
>
> Reason: In the real middle ages, nobles weren't ordered around. Not  
> even
> on the battlefield. Soldiers, yes. Nobles? No. They were _asked_ if  
> they
> would terribly mind to join, in case there's nothing else to do, of  
> course.
>
> So, I think, as I see the game at the moment, for 90% of the stuff  
> sent
> as "Orders", the "Request" message type would be more appropriate,  
> from
> a roleplaying POV. We could replace "Important Orders" with "Urgent
> Request", maybe.
>
> Opinions?

That sounds like a worthy experiment.  How about a slightly different  
change: replace "Orders" with "Urgent Request" (on the dull red) and  
"Important Orders" with "Important Announcement"?  (on the bright red)

John