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    EB insanity coordinator Senior Member khelvan's Avatar
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    Default Faction descriptions - consistency

    Ok, as you have noticed we've added new faction descriptions for Scythia, Thrace, and Dacia. If you have read them you will notice that they differ substantially in length and style. One is shorter and more epic in scope, two are much longer and go into substantially more detail about the history and life of the faction.

    We should choose how we will be writing faction descriptions, and what should be included. It makes sense to have the descriptions be somewhat consistent - not written by the same person, but written with the same understanding of how we are writing them in mind. So, what are your thoughts on these new faction descriptions, and what route we should take in writing them?
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    Default Re: Faction descriptions - consistency

    I think they should be longer, but that's the historian talking. Shorter and epic sounds good too.
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    Default Re: Faction descriptions - consistency

    Both.

    Let's start with the ~3 paragraph, epic description of the faction. Let's follow that with the more detailed breadown, something along the lines of the religion, society, occupation, history, and downfall sections that Stormy used for Dacia.

    The only limitation I would suggest is that we cut off the historical event descriptions sometime during the early First Century AD to keep it pertinent to the time period.

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