Having been a part of other roleplaying communities before, I can definitely say this is the major issue on the roleplaying side of Battlemaster. Characters for the most step are expected to march in lockstep with the leadership, and any deviation from this is usually stepped on and squashed before any kind of story can be written out. Something rulers should try sometime is to have willful ignorance of the attitudes of most of their nobles. Let them get away with things, just to keep things interesting.
