[Discuss] remove "Orders"

[Anthony Cerqueira]

On 2/3/08, Tom Vogt <tom at lemuria.org> 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?


I've used orders most often to catch people's attention for a particularily
interesting bit of foreign news or anything I want them to notice. If there
was some way to send normal letters and mark others as more vital that'd be
quite useful, regardless of what it's called. It's the paper colour.
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