Re: reputation vs. reputation?

From: Martin Crim <mcrim_at_...>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:30:03 -0400

At 10:07 AM 4/17/2000 -0700, Bryan wrote:
>My tribe mates were all color coded as liking me. My
>clan reputation was excellent (top of the kingly
>scale), and yet, periodically during events my ring
>would tell me that our tribe mates hated us and would
>do the opposite of whatever we suggested (or words to
>that effect). They were right, too--that is exactly
>what happened a couple of times.

This is actually in the documentation. What the chief and thanes think about you is one thing; what that clan as a whole thinks about you is something else, and your ringleaders comments are your only indicator as to that. OTOH, sometimes you get a gloomy Gus on the ring and your neighboring clans do what you want anyway.

>So apparently they liked us but didn't like us? Or
>did crazy ring members and random chance combine to
>give a mis-leading impression?
>
>Has anyone else seen a similar situation? If so, did
>you figure out how to truly get them to like you?

Gifts. I kept a regular round of gifts to my allies and clanmates. When their name came up in the rotation, away went my emissary with 30 goods and whatever else I could spare: 200 food, 30 horses, sometimes even cows.

>btw, I *think* things are better now, but on the other
>hand since we became tribal king the clan mood has
>been slipping.....does anyone have any good tips on
>how to improve clan mood?

You can use:
Lawspeaker blessing
Sacrifice to Chalana Arroy for Hope
Feasts (good for keeping mood up, too)
Gifts
avoid losing battles
avoid having lots of sick/injured people make sure you have enough cows
when you split the clan, send off the trouble-makers and, the big one,
Choose event options which make people happy.

--Martin