[Discuss] Changing focus from Realm to Duchy

[Kerry Seifert]

On Jan 13, 2008 6:57 PM, Josiah Allen <josiahallen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 13, 2008 7:47 PM, Kerry Seifert <k.re.seifert at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 13, 2008 6:34 PM, Timothy Collett <danaris at mac.com> wrote:
> > > Kerry Seifert made an excellent point: the realm-centric attitude is
> > > instilled in new players from *before they even join their realm*!
> > >
> > > Now, what's the obvious way to change this?
> > >
> > > Don't make new players choose a realm to start in.  Make them choose
> > > a *Duchy* to start in.  Obviously, it should be indicated to them
> > > what realm the duchy is in, and something about the atmosphere there,
> > > but if they're choosing a Duchy, not only will they have more say in
> > > where they begin, they'll be thinking in terms of Duchies rather than
> > > Realms right from the start.
> > >
> > > Timothy Collett
> > > Anaris Family
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > To be great is to be misunderstood.
> > >  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
> > I agree.  I think a realm should be run like a company.  When you start
> a
> > new job, you're not applying at headquarters (probably), you're applying
> at
> > the local branch.   BM should be run like that.  You create a character
> in a
> > "branch" of the realm.  The potential is there to move up, but not
> > necessarily immediately present, and might not be desirable at all.
>  When
> > you're the employee at a large company, you probably know the name of
> the
> > guy on the top, and you think you saw him once, but who can be sure.  It
> > should be the same with a ruler.  There shouldn't really be a reason to
> talk
> > to the guys up top except in very special circumstances, and there
> should be
> > 'penalties' for attempting it, such as time delays and some cost.
> >
> > Loyalty to your "realm" should also play out the same way.  The blue
> collars
> > on the bottom (Nobles) are loyal mostly to their local branch, but have
> > little care about the company as a whole, provided it doesn't shut down
> > entirely.  As you work your way up through distinguished service, you
> become
> > more in touch with the bigger picture, and your loyalty shifts to a
> higher
> > branch (A Noble becomes a Knight is like a graduation from 'new guy' to
> the
> > person everyone in the branch knows.  From there, you can become a local
> > manager, like a Lord, regional manager, like a Duke, and if you're
> really
> > good, you wind up in upper management, in BM, inner council.)
> >
> > That will also balance out big realms and smaller ones better than they
> are
> > now.  In  a small realm now, you can move up easily, but in a big realm
> it's
> > often hard to get noticed.  By breaking large realms into ducal and
> regional
> > units, it is easier to get noticed because you are constantly around
> your
> > peers and being watched by someone the next step up.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Know what would be a good addition to this?
>
> Duchy flags, and a second political map showing duchy territories.
>
>
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Yeah, like the Pirate Lords in Pirates of the Caribbean!  They each had a
flag which was a derivative of the traditional "pirate" flag.

This could affect banners too, as in a banner sewed or whatever in a
specific duchy will bear the emblem of that duchy or region, and will
therefore affect more positively the troops fighting for that duchy.  Like
in the American Civil War, if there was a Minnesota flag flying on the
Union's side of battle, Minnesota soldiers would take more heart from that
than, say, soldiers from New York.
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