PvP recruitment mechanics poll

[Zim]

I took a look through the LOTR rules again out of curiosity, since prioritized buildings had not come up during my own term as Megas, or as far as I recall in the first months I was in the game. It appears the highest ranking member of the House (if he were at least an Antypatos) could prioritize a single building per term. I suppose for this game that power would be given to Dukes.

That's 1 building every ten turns, per House. I guess if a House was unlucky enough to get a Seneschal that was not only an enemy but completely unwilling to compromise, while also facing no political consequences for treating one group extremely poorly and recruiting no buildings at all for them, and this Seneschal (or perhaps successive allies with the same political views) managed to win the position for something like half the expected lifespan of the game (let's say 4-5 terms) then maybe that House would benefit for having been able to build the barracks in a single province to high level. Or maybe they have conquered decently developed settlements over the course of the game, and so were able to improve 4-5 settlements from ok barracks to slightly better ones, which is the most optimistic use of the power I can see that would affect civil war recruitment.

I guess I just don't see why that would have a major effect. Having completely antagonistic Seneschals for long enough to really take advantage of the power seems extremely unlikely. To really give the power a stronger effect the number of prioritized settlements would have to be increased, but that would make being Seneschal more of a busy work position than one of power. We're already weakening the position from LOTR by changing the prioritized unit system to allow nobles to pick the exact units hired.

The power was not used often in LOTR and I see no compelling reason to add it into this game. Lots of the powers that were not included in this rule system had interesting implications if used a certain way but never were, and cluttered the rules. I see no compelling reason as of yet to add this one back in.

I do think the draft rules might need some tweaking if they're chosen, but overall I like it somewhat better than the merc system. I think either would work, however, and will abide by the poll (which is still fairly close).