Regencies

[Alerias]

I'm finding the notion of a Regency a little hollow so far, would like your thoughts. Isnt this in need of being fleshed out?

The Regent has little to no power, and is basically just a source of embezzling issues for the young lord. Shouldnt a regent be in full control, and shouldnt the realm use his stats rather than the ward's? Shouldnt a marriage with a Regent yield an alliance and be considered as prestigious as a marriage to the title he's regenting for, maybe one step lower? Shouldnt it be a great source of wealth and prestige for the Regent personally, and a very political thing, leading to a series of opinion modifiers and pro-Regency Vs pro-Ward factions?

I mean, I dont mind that much, just food for thought. I think theres expansion material somewhere in there tho

 

[TheChronoMaster]

It does use his stats rather than the ward's, it says that in the regency tooltip.

 

[Alexianus]

I agree. Not sure about the stats thing, as above.

So far I've only played the demo a few times (the 20 year version) and regencies havnt resulted in any events or lasting effects other than him stealing money. It would be good if the regent was added as a pretender, or at least got a claim on the title, or at least some vassals became more pro-regent than pro-ruler. Ofc then the problem would be that if your ruler is very young youd have to sit through many many years of regency and civil war in which youd have no control..

 

[Hyzhenhok]

I imagine there is already the potential for the regent to mess you up if he has the right traits/wrong opinion of your ruler, but it probably is designed to be uncommon. If regents were too aggressive then it would be a major game breaker, considering how commonly you will end up with child, imprisoned or incapable rulers.

 

[Onedreamer]

a marriage with a regent should definitely not yield an alliance and be considered prestigious per se, since this game is based on characters. So it all depends on who is the regent. If the regent is Mr/s None then you can't pretend much from diplomatic relations, actually I would even give them a penalty, certainly not a bonus.

 

[rashtrakut]

I don't like Regents not being allowed to start wars. That is not historically accurate. There should be a penalty from irritated vassals, and a loyalty drop perhaps, but it should be allowed.

 

[Secret Master]

I have been able to DOW with a regent in past versions of the game. Is it not that way in the demo? The only things I can't do with a regency is change laws or move politically against the regent (kill or imprison or revoke his titles).

That being said, the issue with regents is that you are still playing the game, so there's no game mechanism for giving the regent the freedom of action to do what he or she wants, overruling your desires.