OOC Thread

[The Celtic Viking]

As much as I'd like to agree and it could make sense IC, as for the rules, in the way they are written now, this is incorrect. Maybe Ibn-Khaldun could re-write them but this would seem unfair at this point in the game. There is no special mention that Eleutheroi are neutral all-over in the rules. So, going by the rules, anyone can move their avatar into Eleutheroi territory.

The eleutheroi is a faction. It's a special faction, but it's a faction all the same, so it doesn't need any special mention. The special treatment they get is that declaring war on one of its provinces doesn't put us at war with all the rest. (As well as that strategoi can attack their provinces with private units whenever they want, apparently.)

Another loophole seems to be that, the Chancellor, controlling the diplomats, could theoretically make peace with anyone without consulting the council or Basileos.

For anyone who'd think that such control by the Basileos would be too harsh, let's just remember that this game isn't really made to encourage loyalty and togetherness

I do agree with this, though. Factional diplomacy should be in complete control of the Basileus and the Council; it doesn't make much sense otherwise. Especially not if the Chancellor can just unilaterally decide to give away the Basileus' provinces without his consent. Imagine if the Chancellor wish to go to war with the Basileus. What's to stop him from signing a peace with one of our enemies in which all of the Basileus' land is given away (except the capital obviously) right before he declares war, so that the Basileus loses recruitment grounds and scraps the income for his army?