The Chairman wrote:
Second, you revert back to the rank of Vassal and must petition the Council to claim land.
When was that true? It's certainly not the case now.
The Chairman wrote:
Finally, every time you want to ascend in rank, you have to wait while people vote for you.
This isn't about rank ascension. It's about making sure vassals stay under their liege.
The Chairman wrote:
However, putting yet another barrier in the way of it doesn't make sense to me because it will make it hard for people who very much want to go independent and may be better off independent to do so due to time commitment and having to leave behind such a massive amount of work to start over.
If they don't have the time and can't be that active, they're better off contributing to one of the massive kingdoms instead of a very small realm.
In addition, this legislation would necessitate better activity laws, as proposed here:
http://hermertia.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=894I wouldn't want to see this Vassal Retention law passed under our current method of determining who needs to vote on something. That would indeed be FAR too burdensome.