Allow army marshal to see amount in war chest

[Velax]

The subject explains it all really. I think it would be very useful if the army marshal could see how much is in the army war chest. It's not usurping any sponsor abilities as he can't add gold. All he can do is see how much is currently in it.

[Indirik]

I agree, this would seem to make sense.

[Bedwyr]

Ditto, I always found it frustrating not to know.

[irishlad222]

Maybe the sponsor can be given the option whether or not to allow the marshal to see how much is in the war chest.

[Perth]

The ability to be able to know in order to remind the Sponsor additional funds need to be added to war chest could be useful so that the sponsor doesn't always have to remember to do it.

[fodder]

won't it be better to just allow the sponsor to set a threshold where a reminder would be sent to the sponsor when the warchest level drops below that threshold?

[Chenier]

won't it be better to just allow the sponsor to set a threshold where a reminder would be sent to the sponsor when the warchest level drops below that threshold?

I personally don't understand why we can't automate this and bounties to get drawn from the local taxes. It's just forcing players to micro-manage boring stuff.

At least the treasury tells you when its depleted, though...

[Ramiel]

won't it be better to just allow the sponsor to set a threshold where a reminder would be sent to the sponsor when the warchest level drops below that threshold?

It already tells you when the Warchest has nothing in it.

[Velax]

won't it be better to just allow the sponsor to set a threshold where a reminder would be sent to the sponsor when the warchest level drops below that threshold?

It's not just to remind the sponsor, it's also because as the marshal I want to know how much is in there.

[fodder]

well.. if you set a higher threshold than 0, then you won't have to have it dried up to nothing to get a reminder.

which obviously isn't entirely related to having a marshal seeing what's in it. then again, what is the reason for a marshal to fancy seeing how much is in the kitty?

[egamma]

well.. if you set a higher threshold than 0, then you won't have to have it dried up to nothing to get a reminder.

which obviously isn't entirely related to having a marshal seeing what's in it. then again, what is the reason for a marshal to fancy seeing how much is in the kitty?

So the marshal can tell the Sponsor that the warchest is running low, so that the Sponsor can move to the nearest city to cash bonds before it runs out completely.

[fodder]

if it's only to tell the sponsor the dough is about to be gone, then surely a sponsor set warning threshold will do the same thing.

[Chenier]

So the marshal can tell the Sponsor that the warchest is running low, so that the Sponsor can move to the nearest city to cash bonds before it runs out completely.

Which hassles two players instead of one.

Why not just give the sponsor the option to have it draw from his tax share instead? Something along the likes of "If warchest > X, then place Y% of the taxes into it". Or have the army maintenance costs stack like the trade balance does, and therefore get payed at the end of the week instead of beforehand.

[Indirik]

This is all way too complicated for just the army war chest. I personally can't see any reason at all for the army war chest amount to hidden from the marshal. Everyone in the army can tell whether or not there's gold in it whenever they go to repair or train. So the only thing that hiding the amount from the marshal will do is prevent them from seeing the exact amount. And what purpose does that server? None.

[fodder]

otoh, all showing the amount to marshal will do is have 2 people with lots of time clicking links every few minutes do so instead of 1.

nothing wrong with that, of course, but fundamentally far easier to just allow a custom warning threshold to b set, so the game blast out a message rather than having people look and send message. even if you do that, there's nothing stopping you from showing the amount to the marshal as well.

the tax thing... if it's done, then it would make more sense to take the cut from gold in hand. taking from the bonds part of taxes or even directly from the region would mean you can park an army in allied city and be able to fund your repairs using less gold in hand. ie... magical bonds->gold machine.