Elective succession and "heir" for the player character

[Venseiiz]

I am not sure how to properly address this... But I find it annoying that I am forced to play a character I did not elect. For example, I have a direct heir (son), and there's my brother in the realm ,who is a count, and who is being voted to be my heir. But, in that case I'd like to still play as my son, losing the kingdom title and staying as a duke.

I guess if I could only play as elected character if that character is my child would be fine. And as a sibling if there are no children.

 

[gamerk2]

I will say that I do wish that on Succession you at least had the option to play as a secondary Heir, and there could be legit RP reasons for doing so. Having this as an option in the case of some Elective Succession even more so.

 

[SectorsAreOkay]

You can switch to playing another character if you want. But the game just isn't designed around playing non-primary heirs (other than letting you pick directly who you next play as, it would get hairy quickly). I don't personally think it's a big deal and I enjoy having to try to manipulate things so that my player heir is someone interesting.

 

[The Shacks]

I think most people play on ironman as default tbh. I know I do.

 

[SectorsAreOkay]

I think most people play on ironman as default tbh. I know I do.

I do as well. I like the fun of having to deal with the hand I'm dealt. If I get a shitty heir, then it's about turning things around, rather than switching to someone else or save scumming or whatever.

 

[Silens]

I think most people play on ironman as default tbh. I know I do.

Given that the most common achievement is "marry someone" and only 41.5% have it, I'd say it's a safe bet to say that no, most people don't.

 

[Emperor 1997]

I think most people play on ironman as default tbh. I know I do.

And being unable to fix, the Game's broken Events, No, never, at least not until the Devs have fixed the Game finally.

Given that the most common achievement is "marry someone" and only 41.5% have it, I'd say it's a safe bet to say that no, most people don't.

Well, Ironman is no longer needed for Achievements, but you can not switch Characters(fun thing, it blocks Achievements, as soon you click the Button, instead of, when you actually change the Character) or use Console Commands or being in Debug Mode.

 

[Flockingbird]

I use this mod:

Steam Workshop::Switch Character Interaction

steamcommunity.com

It’s billed as Ironman-compatible. Someone in the comments said it was achievement-compatible also, but I cannot confirm. I use the Configurable News Feed mod, and that blocks achievements.

 

[gamerk2]

I use this mod:

Steam Workshop::Switch Character Interaction

steamcommunity.com

It’s billed as Ironman-compatible. Someone in the comments said it was achievement-compatible also, but I cannot confirm. I use the Configurable News Feed mod, and that blocks achievements.

To be fair, most mods are now achievement compatible now.