From: David Dunham (dunham@pensee.com)
Date: Tue 12 Sep 2000 - 17:00:10 EEST
Tom asked
> Was introduction/removal of nobles through marriage not implemented in KoDP
> because of hassles with programming, or because it disrupted the
> flow of the game?
> (e.g. Beta-testers going nuts when their Vingan/Issarian/whoever
> decides to shack
> up with another clan).
At one time, I was hoping to track marriages (i.e. you'd click on a
leader and see who they were married to), but basically I don't think
it would have added much if anything to the game -- you handle
interesting marriages, but not routine ones.
Bryan thinks
> most Orlanthi women marry young, so by the time they show up as leaders, you
> could assume that they've married into your clan already.
> Conversely, you never even see as leaders the one who marry outside
> of the clan.
and I think that's a good way to look at it.
David Dunham A Sharp david@a-sharp.com
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