probably been said 1000 times but oh well

[AendarCallenlasse]

Well first off the government is going to be player run anyway...they\'ve been saying that for a longtime.  Second of all not every city would be run by a guild.  And thirdly not everyone is corrupt just as not everyone in real life isn\'t corrupt.

Besides they could have a system set up where if you don\'t run the city right then it affects the guild running, maybe their reputation.

[Kixie]

i seriously doubt the devs will let the 8 highest octarchs rule ylakium, i mean cmon... but the inner and outer circle will no doubt in my mind, be played by real users. But the people that make most of the descisions and rule over all is of course the 8 octarchs THE GOVERNMENT. so therefore the government will be rulled by the devs and not users. So there would be a faceless goverment just like i want.

[AendarCallenlasse]

I think would be a fun and controversial (fun) idea to implement. I\'ll think about how to control votes somewhat.

Posted by Venge in a thread about this exact same thing.  Talking about how players could be elected to run whole cities.[/COLOR]

[Kixie]

yes but the point is the highest point of government wont be player run. The highest point has the power to stop anything and everything from happening. Sure people can be elected to vote in planeshift, but thier votes are going to be nothing compared to the power of the 8 octarchs, and thats what i want to happen.

[AendarCallenlasse]

The whole point was we were talking about players and guilds being able to run cities of their own and have to take care of them....

And as a matter of clarification I went back and read a thread that stated that the devs and \"high-level\" players will be allowed to be elected to the 8 highest positions.  But as I said, that wasn\'t what we were discussing...