Faction Leaders?

[merserm]

Not sure how the AI goes about picking faction leaders.

Is there any way to influence who the AI is going to select as a faction leader?

How would I encourage the AI to select a 0 Charisma Populist Faction leader?

Thanks

 

[Cheexsta]

It seems to pick the character with the highest conviction towards that faction. Therefore, the best way to "encourage" a character to become the Populist leader, just refuse to give him any titles etc., which will make his Populist conviction rise, and then imprison the current leader.

 

[merserm]

Hmm, so I threw the Populist faction leader and another Populist who was in line to be the "Suffet/Leader" in jail.

And the current Suffet switched factions from the Civic party to the Populist Party. Doh!
I am 100% certain that that guy was the Civic Party Leader and switched......

So is it that the AI requires a certain # of Populist Characters? The game must discount the 1000 pts for faction leader (operate on a base faction points)? Prominence and Popularity may have an impact?

 

[UniversalWolf]

Yes, it does function that way. The new populist faction leader is not necessarily chosen exclusively from the pool of populist characters. If no suitable populist exists, the new populist leader can come from another faction. This can be extremely dangerous, which is why persecuting the populists by itself is not enough to control them. Whenever possible you need to select low-charisma populists and groom them to become the new populist leader.