I happened upon this game after what was described to me as an upgrade was launched. The playerbase was small, but I've been on smaller games before. The staff answered many questions quickly. One of my questions even led to an update to the game itself. Kind of makes a player feel powerful when that happens.

The nobility system seems like a good starting point, but could be expanded to include war between nobles on a global scale, more power for the nobles themselves and perhaps background information or something for the lowly squires to pledge to. A flag, a coat of arms, maybe a sigil.

Besides that chance for growth, a good and continually evolving game.