[Discuss] Limiting recruitment to centres from the region/duchy (not recruiting within the duchy)

[Rob Croson]

On 2 Mar 2008 at 17:20, psymann wrote:

> Dorian Gray wrote:
> > Why not instead keep recruitment in the realm capital, but limit the 
> > centers you could recruit from to those within your duchy...Or perhaps
>  > recruitment could be allowed from whichever center you
> > want... but if you want men from a center not in your region/duchy, you 
> > have to pay more.
> 
> I like all these ideas for a variety of reasons (strengthening the 
> individuality of duchies, giving something to think about, opportunities 
> for RP about different troop abilities).
> 
> And add to this Alex's idea that lords can set an additional couple of 
> pence on the top of the cost if they want to.
> 
> -----Payment could be affected by distance to recruiting region-----
> 
> I'd personally like to see it that you can choose to recruit from any 
> recruitment centre in the realm, but with the following costs:
> - from your own region: 10% discount
> - from your own duchy: normal cost
> - from a region outside your duchy: 5% additional cost for each region 
> between your region and their region.

Interesting idea... Not sure that it really adds all that much to the 
game, though.

> -----Involvement for the Simple Knight-----
> 
> Ok, so all that's missing is a bit of involvement for everyone else, 
> apart from just the lords and dukes.  This would involve a bit of a 
> change to the way recruits are currently put into recruitment centres.
> 
> Instead of recruits drifting in as time goes by, make it so that you 
> have got to actively draft them in, or they won't turn up.  No drafting 
> = no recruits.

I really do not like this idea at all. More manual operations = bad 
game. I really don't want to turn BattleMaster into LogisticsMaster. 
All of this is plain drudgery that could be handled much better by an 
automated system.

--
Rob
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