Fei Dao said:TheMageLord said:Ringwraith, requesting the fief only ALLOWS you to be considered for it. If you don't request it you aren't even considered.
Well, actually, I took a castle once, didn't request it, and my King was willing to extend my holdings, and I declined.
Ah, I was looking at the wrong variable. Looking at the menu that actually has you requesting or not: it appears requesting for it saves you as the one who took the center, while saying that you don't want it sets that to -1. So by default you get a 50% extra chance of getting it if you request it, more if you changed the multiplier on taking it.