I dunno. I kinda like the idea of being able to...customise my noble a bit. Buy a nice horse, maybe an axe as a weapon, a suit of plate armour with a fancy helmet. I know I can RP my character as having these, but it's different actually seeing these things on my info page. Just like it's nice having "Captain Rudel" with his own place on my info sheet, rather than just RPing him.
If nothing else, it'd provide a money sink for those with too much gold.
