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Which of the followig features would you like to see implemented first?

Show list of realm armies - name, marshal and sponsor http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=5263
43 (10.5%)
Let Bankers know who stewards are http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=5012
38 (9.2%)
Temporary Standing Orders http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=4049
26 (6.3%)
Rework Rank http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=6666
45 (10.9%)
Transaction Data For Trade Statistics Page http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=6660
16 (3.9%)
Siege engines in scout reports http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=4838
63 (15.3%)
Automatic Market offers http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=6611
61 (14.8%)
Erecting statues and monuments http://forum.battlemaster.org/index.php/topic,2150.0/wap2.html
68 (16.5%)
OOC message all chars http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=3239
21 (5.1%)
Lord ability to deposit into local treasuries of local guildhouses http://bugs.battlemaster.org/view.php?id=5747
30 (7.3%)

Total Members Voted: 107

Voting closed: September 05, 2012, 05:21:24 AM

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Anaris

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Re: Voting for Your Favorite Feature
« Reply #30: September 09, 2012, 04:38:47 AM »
Depends.  Currently, humiliating and unacceptable terms equate to "things that make us less able to fight the next war".  I'd be interested to see how often surrender terms which had no effect on your ability to fight the next war were accepted.

I've seen so many realms that were simply unable to admit that they'd lost a war. They would literally rather let the realm die than acknowledge that they had lost the war, because any kind of peace deal (whether it was called surrender terms or not) would have necessitated that. (After all, if they hadn't lost the war, then why weren't they still fighting for their goals in the war?)

The most egregious, of course, was Luz de Bia, who even before they let themselves be destroyed by Daimons rather than let Riombara help them survive, refused to accept any peace deal that didn't amount to Riombara surrendering to them. Even after they'd lost half their regions, including their capital.
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