Posted by P on October 20, 2000 at 14:42:53:
In Reply to: Ideas to make the Empire a Viable Cabal Again. posted by Former Citizen on October 20, 2000 at 09:34:26:
> In my opinion the Empire has pretty much ceased to be a factor in CF almost entirely. As an after thought Sylvans or Ragers might remember to grab the codex, or if they are bored. The weakness of the Empire has taken an important dynamic away from the game. Noone wants to play imperials becuase they'll have their head kicked in every time they log and others who would normally fight the Empire become bored because of lack of opposition. > The reasons people join a cabal are either because the cabal is fun or offers advantagous powers. The Empire offers neither right now. In addition to this, many newer players end up in Empire becuase of its ease and end up feeling shorted in the end and then avoid it with later characters. > Here are my ideas for improvement for whataver they are worth. > 1. Make the empire more about leadership, conquest, and the spread of civilization and less about who can be the biggest asshole. > 2. Get rid of the bloodoath, or keep it and make it only convert those taking it to change ethos to lawful and not touch the align. A conquered people would have to obey the new laws but would they automatically become evil? Were the people living under the Vichy government in France evil for doing so or just weak and scared? > 3. Allow Lawful neutrals to become citizens. Generally an army will take whatever comes its way that is of use. It is doubtful all memebers of an Army would be evil though many probably would be. Were all NAZIs evil ot were some just going along with the flow (not starting a philosophical debate on the NAZIs just using them as an example. Perhaps only allow leadership positions to be filled by evil citizens. > 4. Maybe try warnings before anathema. Three strikes and your out sounds reasonable to me. > I think the Immortals of the Empire do a lot of work with it and provide entertaining interaction and think it is a shame there are not more there to enjoy it, but with the Empires current state I also understand the reasons why. The changes i suggest i think would make the Empire a more workable cabal internally but would not really change its interaction with anyone outside the Empire. > IMHO