First off, this isn't actually my idea, but I tried to debate Kurachi and lost 2.7k ego, and Kurachi is 5% my might while I'm mythical influence. Meh.

Anyways, I have an idea for how village influencing can be changed. Rather than the current chaos of people running around doing sanctuary and killing each other.

What if when a village goes, it randomly decides it wants to be influenced by speech or by violence. When it goes by speech, the entire village is a safe area, and it's only influencing and debating. When it goes by violence, the entire place is not effected by the avenger rules so one side can obtain a decisive pk victory.

Another possibility is instead of having it go randomly, it goes by how the village was treated while it was under influence. A benign government is more likely to lose its village by violence, say 75/25, while a despotic one by words, 75% chance. A religious ruling style would result in 50/50.

Hmm dont really like that idea.. no offence

Yeah I'm not a fan either. How would you make it IC? A village wouldn't say 'Ok, bugger off Celest. Now, in order for us to pledge ourselves to another master, you must come and spill blood in our streets. Please."

Well, I would prefer either pure influence or pure pk to the current setup.