Hello Guys and Gals,
Now I'm not Korean, unfortunately, and I haven't played the Korean CB's of Dragon Knights but thank to Google translate and a bit of reading between the lines I believe this is how the elections, titles and political system will work in DK upon release as a rough idea.

Source: http://dk.halgame.com/gameguide/list?id=c4_3 in case you want to form your own opinion on how it works exactly and to prove I'm not making it up or talking a load of twaddle lol!

Right lets get started, currently there is 18 titles up for grabs with Emperor and Pope being the highest ( as we already know).

Titles

1) Emperor - Restricted to Warrior Class

The method of electing: There are 4 candidates of the title "Duke" for this 1 position of "Emperor" and the emperor is elected, from the pool of candidates, by a vote from the 3 "Bishops".

2) Duke - Restricted to Warrior Class

The method of electing: To become a "Duke" there is no formal voting needed all one needs to do is conquer, as a guild, and hold 1 of the four castle dukedoms with which the guild-master becomes a "Duke". As seen in the world map below:



3) Earl - Restricted to Warrior Class

The method of electing: To become an Earl the guild-master of the current guild holding 1 of the four castle dukedoms must appoint you as Earl (Maximum of 1 Earl per castle).

4) Knights of the Emperor - Any Class

The method of electing: "Knights of the Emperor" are appointed by the "Emperor" (12 Warriors/ 4 Wizards - could be either or both combined not sure).

5) Knights of the Duke - Any Class

The method of electing: "Knights of the Duke" are appointed by the "Duke" (9 Warriors/ 3 Wizards - could be either or both combined not sure).

6) Knights of the Earl - Any Class

The method of electing: "Knights of the Earl" are appointed by the "Earl" (6 Warriors/ 2 Wizards - could be either or both combined not sure).


7) Pope - Restricted to Paladin Class

The method of electing: One of the 15 Candidates of the title "Cardinal" are elected to this one position (Not sure if its a public vote in or by a Cardinal majority vote in to become "Pope").

Bishop - Restricted to Paladin Class

The method of electing: "Bishops" are appointed by the "Pope" to one of the three churches (not sure if that's from the pool of cardinals or not).

9) Cardinal - Restricted to Paladin Class

The method of electing: To become a "Cardinal" one must achieve a rank of 15 in the Paladin class (from reading into it further I believe you put yourself forward on a first come first serve basis (might be restrictions on how often) during times of election if interested).

10) Knights of he Pope - Any Class

The method of electing: "Knights of the ope" are appointed by the "Pope" (15 Warriors/ 5 Wizards - could be either or both combined not sure).

As for the other 8 Titles the details are a bit vague and I believe they are for the up-coming patch in the Korean version. But, and please don't be dis-heartened Warlocks and Sorceresses, the other 8 titles are basically all for the Warlock and Sorceress classes.

Powers and Benefits

Emperor

1. First you have something called a "Random Turn" - now I have no idea what this is but hopefully it doesn't mean the Emperor's going mad or having a paddy lol!
   
   
2. As mentioned above you have your own personal guard to protect you with which you can appoint and dismiss people at will.
   
   
3. Something called a "Duke Scandal" which I can only imagine aids you in beating the competition by making a rival "Duke" less favorable and increasing your chances on being re-elected as "Emperor".
   
   
4. Oh and Finally! The most obvious one you have the title of "Emperor" and who wouldn't want that .
   

Duke

1. Once again something called a "Random Turn".
   
   
2. Tax Collection.
   
   
3. Own personal body guards.
   
   
4. A Candidate to become "Emperor".
   
   
5. "Appoint Earl" and "Earl Scandal"
   

Earl

1. "Random Turn".
   
   
2. Own personal body guards.
   
   
3. Tax Collection.
   

Bishop

1. "Random Turn".
   
   
2. Tax Collection.
   
   
3. Emperor election vote.
   

Cardinal

1. "Random Turn"
   
   
2. Papal Candidate.
   
   
3. The "Pope" election voting.
   

Pope

1. "Random Turn"
   
   
2. Own personal body guards.
   
   
3. Can appoint 3 "Bishops".
   
   
4. "Emperor Excommunication".
   

Now not sure if by "Scandal" it means "Excommunication" but further down it says a "Pope" Can excommunicate the "Emperor" and his knights for 3 days and can use this ability 3 times, unless re-elected.

The same goes with the "Emperor" they can excommunicate a "Duke" and his knights for 3 days and use this ability up to 3 times, unless re-elected.

The same also goes for the "Duke", they can excommunicate their "Earl"and their knights for 3 days and can only use the ability 2 times.

Now I'm assuming this all gives the player the ability to fight to become "Emperor" if your a "Duke" or a perfect excuse to become a new "Duke" by taking over the current emperor's dukedom and castle to spark new elections, get rid of your "Earl" for a new one if your a "Duke" or possibly become a "Duke" if your an "Earl" and beat the current "Duke" (in home guild war struggle for power).

Finished!!!

That all said I can quickly imagine that this system, as interesting and as unique as it is, can be quickly taken advantage of by a very well positioned, powerful and organized alliance of say about 4-5 guilds switching between who's Emperor and who's Pope this time around.

But you never know which way the wind will blow and who's suddenly gonna pull a dagger out to stab you in the back as nothing is safe or sure in the "Game of Thrones" lol!

Now I hope everyone found that as interesting and as informative as I did and I really hope people enjoy and appreciate this . Hopefully in the future I'll post more information for people as I work it out, unless someone does it before me now you all have the link .

Feel free to discuss and of course correct me with anything that's not right or doesn't make sense.

Love,
GS Cerberus

wow

That's some political system! Like a game within a game, very neat.

Stelawrat wrote:

wow That's some political system! Like a game within a game, very neat.

Yep definitely a selling point for uniqueness in my opinion and I love the sound of it and all the nitty gritty back door deals etc that might be done to get in power .

Sexist game, no female political ranks?
u kidding me? <_<

myhoalam wrote:

Sexist game, no female political ranks? u kidding me? <_<

Lol! Hopefully they will sort that. As tbh with you I'd quiet like to play a female Char at some-point that's not restricted to Mage only classes. As I'm sure being Empress or Mother Superior (I believe that would be the female Pope equivalent) would be quiet cool. As for female political ranks well atm there is knights of...who ever and there will be other political titles in future patches such as Archmage, Sage (these two might be prior to the patch not sure) among others restricted to the Mage classes and thus female characters.

But you've also got to consider this will be the English version not the Korean and a fair bit will change/can probably be changed before OB and release.

Plus another annoying thing I read was only Warriors can form guilds...even if u wanted to not take part in the whole political aspect of the game it gives u no choice unless u want to just solo and party with friends not in a guild. So I do hope they fix that otherwise the streets of Litos (world DK is based in) will be filled with rioters and upheaval lol!

From what I've heard, isn't warrior available to every race/gender? If so, female characters can become earl/duke/emperor just as much as males, only pope/bishop/cardinal would be restricted (which could make sense in a way, I guess, and it's alright once they release some titles for mages).

Floccinauci wrote:

From what I've heard, isn't warrior available to every race/gender? If so, female characters can become earl/duke/emperor just as much as males, only pope/bishop/cardinal would be restricted (which could make sense in a way, I guess, and it's alright once they release some titles for mages).

Yep your right Flocci, I digged a little deeper and found pics of female warriors...not sure why I thought both the sword classes were Male only, probs have something to do with a Lupin being a Warrior on the background poster. That said, then surely one of the Mage classes, at least, must be both genders to match as well. Since Paladin, I believe, is Male only. Although, obviously like I said before I'd prefer for all classes to have both genders at least, races don't bother me so much .

so some classes are gender locked?
well hope my fav class is available for female then XD

myhoalam wrote:

so some classes are gender locked? well hope my fav class is available for female then XD

The way I understand it, every class except for paladin is available to female, so unless you were planning on becoming a man of god you should be fine.

The political system in this game is not easy
Understand all the details without a good knowledge of Korean language is difficult
In general you have correctly written all about it

Plus another annoying thing I read was only Warriors can form guilds

Exactly,At first I could not understand why I was not allowed to make a guild, my character is a woman magician
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Siege and elections are held every Saturday and Sunday
Motivated killing players:for killing other players can get not only the title but also a variety of skills

More information can be found here(Korean)
Off site,game guide:

http://dk.halgame.com/gameguide/list?id=c1_1

Fan site:

http://www.inven.co.kr/board/powerbbs.php?come_idx=2799

The article about the game and the political system

http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=42071