Vegeuros Cersil wrote:
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We see this as an important thing to do before our next advertising campaign.
Could you elaborate as to why you feel this is something which needs addressing? I fail to see why this required. If a Noble wishes to leave their Liege's lands and become independent they should be allowed to do so.
As someone who hopes to attain count rank and found my own independent lands soon, I would find it a deterrent to playing if the process of leaving were made more difficult without fair reason.
As we've seen elsewhere recently, organising the Council members to arrange a physical visit is no small task and would drag the process out unnecessarily
This isn't a bill to necessarily take aim at current independent counts and dukes. It's something to make people really show they deserve their own independent realm. It's better to have super small builds scattered around the established areas, versus letting people build one or two buildings in an independent realm and quitting because of isolation or just normal disinterest. Yes, we have maritime fast travel, but the requirements are steep enough that it would be some time before people could get that established. With everyone else being quite connected, they could become disheartened easily if they really aren't the active/ambitious type.
While this hasn't' been a huge issue, there are currently at least 5 independent realms that didn't build very much, haven't been seen in years, and should have been vassals first. Three of those cases were old world players, but 2 (Caekka and Ordet Smi) built next to nothing then disappeared.
With the server trailer Siden is working on, we are going to see a lot more applicants. Inevitably, some will want to go independent, but perhaps shouldn't because of a multitude of reasons. This bill would try to keep players that aren't as active, aren't as ambitious from leaving their liege.
As far as the particular requirements, this is a suggested list that 4-5 of us came up with after a day of discussion in mumble. This thread is meant to discuss what we can do to help people retain vassals in the long run.
Again, this is not aimed at one person nor is it political. It's only to help liege lords retain vassals.