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Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Topic Start: September 01, 2011, 07:25:17 AM »
The title says it all.  If a region lord wants the Banker to handle those mundane issues of food and money within the region, then let them!

I know this will bring some regions/realms back to the good ol' days where the Banker ran all of the food distribution, but the region lord would have 100% control over who their Steward was, it is their region after all!  The profits of food sales would still go primarily into the Lord's pocket anyway.

Just something to consider.

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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #1: September 01, 2011, 01:22:44 PM »
With the Banker steward of multiple regions (and Lord of his own?), abuse could be very powerful...

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« Reply #2: September 01, 2011, 01:48:10 PM »
With the Banker steward of multiple regions (and Lord of his own?), abuse could be very powerful...

Tempting aint it :D
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #4: September 01, 2011, 03:01:29 PM »
With the Banker steward of multiple regions (and Lord of his own?), abuse could be very powerful...
No more so than back when the banker could move food around, and change the buy/sell price in all regions, at will.
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #5: September 01, 2011, 07:13:35 PM »
Then you might have Realms order all their Lords to put the Banker as Steward so he gets full control over the Food situation again. That is taking a step back. I much like the current interaction between Banker and Lords.

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« Reply #6: September 01, 2011, 07:24:26 PM »
inalienable right to appoint whoever as steward?
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« Reply #7: September 01, 2011, 08:15:52 PM »
Or just appoint stewards, and let more players share in the responsibilities... It's like the general-marshal. Why not have the option to make the general marshal of all armies...?
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« Reply #8: September 01, 2011, 09:14:40 PM »
Or just appoint stewards, and let more players share in the responsibilities... It's like the general-marshal. Why not have the option to make the general marshal of all armies...?

Because the General isnt the True General and instead listens to the True General who is just a Marshal :D
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #9: September 01, 2011, 09:51:32 PM »
It's like the general-marshal. Why not have the option to make the general marshal of all armies...?
Just have one army, and make the general the marshal.
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« Reply #10: September 01, 2011, 09:55:55 PM »
Just have one army, and make the general the marshal.

Right, but that's not what I meant. I meant that the distribution of power is very good and keeps players interested. There is no better way to learn the military aspect in Battlemaster than starting as (vice-)marshal. So what I mean is: do not make the general marshal of all armies, do not make the banker steward of all regions. ;)
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #11: September 01, 2011, 10:00:20 PM »
banker/steward is a world of difference from general/marshal. I think a lot of lords and realms would kill to be able to have the banker take care of food for them. (Yes, I know there are notable exceptions.) But I don't think you'd find too many realms where they would love to have the general be marshal of all the armies. The difference being that quite a few players love the military aspect of the game. A significantly lower number actually *enjoy* the food game. Most lords are forced to deal with it, and would rather not.

Besides, the general already *can* take control of all the armies. There is nothing in the game rules that prevents the general from issuing orders twice daily to the entire realm.
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #12: September 02, 2011, 01:43:51 AM »
Anything that simplifies the food game is a Good Idea in my opinion, and I've always wanted a checkbox where lords could say "give Banker full control of the food", but uncheck it if they wanted to handle it themselves.
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« Reply #13: September 02, 2011, 01:50:04 AM »
I've always wanted a checkbox where lords could say "give Banker full control of the food", but uncheck it if they wanted to handle it themselves.
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Re: Bankers can be Stewards of any realm's region
« Reply #14: September 02, 2011, 02:24:19 PM »
Once the automatic caravans get working I think this issue will be moot.