I'm not a fan of how the system works at the moment. Points are awarded but their effects are rarely seen. Rather, there will be a large update on how the system functions... So this is just a headsup that the system is going to be revamp in order to make it better and have the influence it provides be more visible across the city.
We'll also be given communial bank accounts for members of a banner that people can withdraw from/donate to lending more power as well as a variety of upgrades that can be bought for the Guild House.
Instead of gaining reputation, you will gain resources directly. There will be five main resources:
- Ore
- Clothe
- Food
- Wood
- Arcane Goods
The city will have quotas of these resources that it can gain by donations from Banners, trade from Banners, trade from other city-states. A global revenue will be generated based on tax (which will be set by the leaders of the Colony) and trade incomes... Failure to achieve these quotas will have visible effects such as price fluctuations, equipment failure or other events. Similarly if the gold reserve are brought dry by the current administration, wage for characters who have wage will stop until the situation is attended to. This will hopefully create a realistic climate and make it more interesting to be in a leadership position and govern the city / improve the city in additions to DM-events and regular PC-events.
This may sound complicated but once it is implemented, those who deal with it (i.e. people in leadership position) will have the documentation required to deal with this adequately.