[Discuss] Ruler position (was Dwilight Region Population)

[John P. Murphy]

On Jun 30, 2008, at 12:50 PM, LilWolf wrote:

> John P. Murphy wrote:
>> It's entirely logical
>
> No, it isn't. She also has an oath with the ruler of the realm the  
> duke
> is seceding from. The game even tells her she owes fealty to said  
> ruler.
> Why then does a duke get to drag her along(causing her to lose the
> bankers position no less) when he's not even mentioned as her liege?
> According to you she has two oaths, so why does the game weight the  
> oath
> to the lesser(the duke) as being more important?

No, she does not have an oath to the ruler.  Just becoming banker  
does not form a bond like that between a region commander and her  
liege lord.
The game needs to have sensible defaults, and assuming that a region  
commander follows the Duke makes sense in the vast majority of  
cases.  Creating a patchwork of exceptions will just lead to  
confusion and bugs.

> The old code with imperial regions for council members handled the
> situation much more gracefully(although imperial regions were annoying
> in other ways).

That may be, but as you note, it had its own problems.

John


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