Historical Leaders

[pringl2]

Hi all,

Playing my first game of EU III and I wanted historical leaders....so as England I expected Henry IV to die in 1413 and for Henry V to take over.....this has not happened.....its now 1427 and Henry IV is still stoppping Henry the V from taking over

Is their any option so that the kings take over when they are historically supposed to or does this not happen?

 

[Icendoan]

Because of lots of various factors (wars not happening/happening early etc) the game isn't built to force dates, even on historical settings, for kings to be born/die and their stats. What historical leaders means is that you'll get some generals and admirals around the time of major wars, for major players, such as England, France etc. These, then, I think, die at the correct time.

 

[FelixMajor]

From my experience the historical leader setting is really only useful for a mini-campaign. The French Revolutionary campaign is a great example. France gets a lot of great generals that the normal mechanics would make a little difficult to acquire and Napoleon will become your Emperor. In a longer campaign you'll begin to encounter problems. If Byzantium manages to survive beyond 1453 they'll likely be saddled with a regency council for the remainder of the game ... or Konstantinos XI might survive for the next few centuries (though I can only confirm having seen the former and read of the latter.) A grand campaign can result in a number of broken nations when this mechanic is utilized. If you play Brandenburg and fail to form Prussia at the appropriate time ... or you succeed but do so early ... problems with your leaders are likely to occur.

 

[Spazcat91]

From my experience the historical leader setting is really only useful for a mini-campaign. The French Revolutionary campaign is a great example. France gets a lot of great generals that the normal mechanics would make a little difficult to acquire and Napoleon will become your Emperor. In a longer campaign you'll begin to encounter problems. If Byzantium manages to survive beyond 1453 they'll likely be saddled with a regency council for the remainder of the game ... or Konstantinos XI might survive for the next few centuries (though I can only confirm having seen the former and read of the latter.) A grand campaign can result in a number of broken nations when this mechanic is utilized. If you play Brandenburg and fail to form Prussia at the appropriate time ... or you succeed but do so early ... problems with your leaders are likely to occur.

Nope tried that they get emperors as if on normal setting but they get no generals or admirals ever again you can't even purchase so no luck.

 

[jdrou]

"historical leaders" means generals and admirals, not rulers. There is no "historical rulers" setting in Divine Wind. It existed before HttT but was removed since it wasn't compatible with the new dynasty mechanics.

 

[Mailman9]

I've never noticed the affect on anything but generals/admirals. Napoleon is simply a grand general.