ladyjennbo wrote:
Why would a tribunal member need to be private? If you want to RP being a "recruit" before officially getting inducted if you're a newb or not high enough level to PK yet, okay, don't get officially inducted. But once you're in a tribunal, your job is to protect the citizens... like a cop. If you want to be a secret undercover agent, join a cabal or something. Or don't join anything.
Really?
Why would a cabal member of a cabal actively at war want to keep their affiliation a secret? One reason: they don't want to die while leveling. Same applies to a tribunal member. There are Bad People in this game who like to kill people that are leveling, and also will find out adj/race combos with minimal-to-no RP.
The idea of publicizing affiliations goes directly against a lot of changes (enchanting-adding-to-ilvl change, thief changes) intended to soften the requirement of levels to be integral. It's a bad idea: there's no reason to defend it.