Makes sense, only big caveat is it does not really help with the Second Sons.
Far as I can tell our factions start causing concern at 3 and troublesome shit at 4. With the Urban Poor at 2 we should be fine if we don't cross them often, since they can be the most vindictive little shits of the lot when they feel wronged but are conversely really easy to please.I mean, you act like Democracy and the Will of the People is a bad thing
In all seriousness though, I don't think it would be a bad thing. WoAN says a healthy society balances the power of its factions, and Urban Poor has been nearly powerless since its inception. We probably have a lot of wiggle room there.
I mean, if we want to get to the moon, that's gonna involve educating and training the masses eventually.
Yeoman faction causes problems. They're not gonna, nor I think they should, walk away from it unscathed. Important thing here is to not destroy them completely, as I feel they are important to our balancing act. Going with reform, in my opinion, has the best chance to do it - Yeoman gonna become less central in our army, but they're not gonna vanish - second sons would still have half a year they can spend on training, which would put them above UP when joining army, and we would still have a more elite corps of first sons.
I mean, you act like Democracy and the Will of the People is a bad thing
In all seriousness though, I don't think it would be a bad thing. WoAN says a healthy society balances the power of its factions, and Urban Poor has been nearly powerless since its inception. We probably have a lot of wiggle room there.
I mean, if we want to get to the moon, that's gonna involve educating and training the masses eventually.
*has images of whack-a-dickhead*
Oh, yeah, I read that as I was going through the thread. Pretty much agree with you, I just like the sound of training the Patrician's daughters more than the urban poor.
It very well could, or something similar. Just like arming the urban poor could give us crises if our stability or econ goes too low and also leaves us far more vulnerable to rule by the mob in the cities. Both options have good and bad points, I just prefer this option.
True, true.
The point about the moon is that our goal has always been mass education. Education = empowerment. It was me saying that we were always going to increase the power of the urban poor eventually.
Women are only going to be officer class, from what I understand. Anything that actually requires a lot of physical strength will still be mostly staffed by men, it's just that women will be able to be trained for leadership roles.It very well could, or something similar. Just like arming the urban poor could give us crises if our stability or econ goes too low and also leaves us far more vulnerable to rule by the mob in the cities. Both options have good and bad points, I just prefer this option.
Besides I believe a lot of the women are going to end up in the more elite parts of the army, like the Spiritbonded and Blackbirds, since that will be what they're more suited for. I quite like the sound of our light cavalry being composed almost entirely of women. Imagine our enemies faces
I'm interested to hear why you want to do the Harmysyn reform. Care to share?
Kek kek.
I'll just point you to this post I made which shows why Myranyn also stands on it's own like Harmysyn does. Do note I am not comparing them, not worth my time.
*looks at its long paragraphs* *looks at the speakers in front of me talking about how to make VR mechanics more attractive and realistic* maybe later
It does. We currently get diplo income for:
Where did you get this idea?
WY are NOT our "confirmed successor". They (and any successors they have) are merely stated to count as our successors; i.e. if we die, they are one of our OPTIONS for who to play as later. That doesn't detract from your point, but I wanted to bring it up.
I look at our priests and guilds and traders all causing shit, with the priests being the most benign of the lot, and I think "hmmmm... yeah there is probably a threshold which passing will cause even a well meaning faction to bump our elbows and these numbers seem like a good indicator".
Hey question, is it below 10 that the Traders and Guilds start muttering about a stab loss and less than three where they actually make us lose it?
Way less than that, I think. Last time we were at ~5 when they started muttering.
