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  1. I don't know about the setting, but all of those are vaguely distorted European titles:

     

    earls, thanes, grafen, dukes

     

    That said, most of those are not in the same hierarchy.

     

    Graf is German for Count. Earl is like an English Count. Dukes are above Counts. Thanes are ... not in the same system, but it's a bit like a Scottish or German Pagan count. Duc is also French for Duke.

     

    Basically, it goes like this:

     

    Emperor / Pope

    King

    Duke

    Count

    Baron

     

    But there aren't really any single system either. You might notice one of the country is called a Palatinate, which is a land ruled by a free prince. Which is something that was found in Germany (indeed, one of the Bündesländer of the German federation is call the Rhenish Palatinate in English.)

     

    I guess what I'm trying to say  is ... it's understandable you don't understand this mess because there isn't a single system. Each region had its own ideas and the idea of a unified system is more or less people trying to force order unto a disordered system.

     

    In PoE, if I had to guess, the distinction for many of these are cultural. Most of these titles just translate to "leader" anyhow. If someone has a title they might be in charge of the settlement they live in, unless there is someone with a higher title.

    So everyone is count/dukes then!

    Kind of getting the picture. Seems we can only make it up for ourselves.

    Thanks anyway!

  2. Been reading the lore until the game comes out at 3/26, the guys at Obsidian sure did a great job building up the world and culture from scratch and thumbs up to them. But I'm all confused by the noble ranks described in the in-game books - all these erls, thayns, gréf, ducs, something like that.

    Since I live in asia and is not familiar with european noble hierarchy, also I tried reading the wiki page about noble ranks but still can't get a picture of it.

    Is anyone kind enough to give it a quick description?  ;)

  3. Why are you making POE in 2D? I saw your screenshots and the latest videos, POE graphics look extremely dated, like it's from 2001 or something.  

    So that 10 years later these hand-painted backgrounds will still be decent to look at.

    Just try googling some 3D games from around 2000 and compare them to old IE games.

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