Re: Olympia: faction trees

From: hauck@cs.washington.edu (Scott Hauck)

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1992 04:01:19 +0000

I think I've been slightly misquoted on the "set heir" command.  Here's the
way I think it should work:

A player does nothing with the heir system until his PC is killed.  When his
PC is killed, all his units suffer a loyalty drop, and those with low loyalty
will leave.  At the beginning of the next turn the player must pick a unit to
be his PC.  This should be a currently existing unit.  The player then carries
on as normal.

The advantages of this are twofold.  First off all, you don't have to worry
about n levels of heirs, (ie who's the heir if the first three heirs are
killed and the next two desert) since you designate from surviving units.
Secondly, who you want to replace you depends on what happens.  Yes, this isn't
realistic, but I'd prefer to give the loser a slight benefit.  This way, if his
southern forces are decimated, his northern leader can take over, but if his
northern forces are decimated, his southern can take over.  It also avoids the
"Pac-man" approach to faction destruction: Surround the bloodline;  Kill the
PC, and watch the unit's loyalty drop.  Kill the heir next turn, and now most
of the faction deserts.  Now execute the third heir, and all the faction will
have deserted.  Instead, if the player had any brains, his PC would be well
away from his enemies.

Scott Hauck
hauck@cs.washington.edu

References

Re: Olympia: faction trees
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Thu, 23 Apr 1992 18:41:11 +0000
Re: Olympia: faction trees
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Thu, 23 Apr 1992 19:15:42 +0000

Referenced By

Re: Olympia: faction trees
sjc@cs.purdue.EDU (Steve Chapin)
Thu, 23 Apr 1992 18:41:11 +0000
Re: Olympia: faction trees
skrenta@cbnewsg.att.com (Rich Skrenta)
Thu, 23 Apr 1992 19:15:42 +0000