Sub-advisors?

[Arizal]

I like the advisor mechanic, but it seems to me unrealistic that they have to do everything by themselves. It would be good if some missions could be delegated to either other courtiers or to "su-advisors", which would be less prestigious than advisors but could still make their missions, perhaps in exchange of some gold and prestige.

This would help greatly a moderately big country. It isn't really the goal, but it still seems strange to me that the chancellor is allowed to do only one claim at a time, for example. Maybe decreasing the efficiency of those tasks while many people do it could solve this problem, though.

 

[Delta107]

I think the efficiency could be scaled based on the country. But again this could imbalance the game.

 

[Lessing]

What's the point? Each advisor models one or two or maybe a whole staff of people who tend to your stated wishes. Giving you 1 main chancellor and 3 subchancellors while decreasing the chances for forging a claim ends in exactly the same effect that we have now.

Why make it more complicated without any gain for the gameplay quality?

 

[VersusAllOdds]

Actually, to me, having one Chancellor is the only thing logical out there. However, one steward becomes utterly useless with larger states. Particularly when it comes to improving tech (with all councilors that can improve tech).

 

[Kernest]

I don't really see the point, since currently all your vassals get their own advisors and perform their own duties where their lieges so wish, the only thing is that you don't get to decide what they do.
Especially those vassals on the edges of my kingdom fabricate claims to neighbouring counties, which I can then press. Their advisors also collect taxes, convert provinces, train troops and improve technology... So what would be the point of making kings/emperors even more powerful by boosting their councils?

Also, I don't see a problem with having councilors only improve tech in one province, since other than cultural tech you're limited to your own demesne, which might be huge under gavelkind and midas touched genius ruler, but those situations are (or should be) exceptions to the rule.

 

[Arizal]

You have convincing explanations. I didn't think of my own vassals, to be honest. In that case, maybe we could have ways to encourage a vassal to do one task or another.

However, the spymaster seems one of those with which this could help... If you have a huge empire, the current scheme option allows you only to obligate one vassal at a time and the cooldown to reuse it can be very problematic... I don't think you should be incapable to send a letter to one of your vassal just because you have a big kingdom.