What happened to my leader?

[PalmettoExplorer14]

I just noticed that if your starting loses the election, they pretty much well disappear.

I find this quite odd and a bit unrealistic at times. I mean in real life sometimes a candidate that was in power and then gets replaced during the next election will try to regain power or they'll go on to do something else.

So why doesn't your starting leader return to the leader pool where you can recruit them as a scientist, admiral, general, or governor?

Does anyone else besides me puzzled (and at times a bit annoyed) as well?

 

[Dan_Daniel2000]

Probably because they dont exist as a regular leader. If you elect e. g. a scientist, he is still "registered" in the game as a scientist, so if he loses he is back in the leader pool. Thats at least what I believe.

 

[beckermt]

Probably because they dont exist as a regular leader. If you elect e. g. a scientist, he is still "registered" in the game as a scientist, so if he loses he is back in the leader pool. Thats at least what I believe.

This is entirely accurate. The first leader is just a placeholder, as it were.

 

[Gyrvendal]

I guess the starting leader could be defined as a governor at game start so he goes back to being a governor once he loses the job. Or he could go into a hidden pool and appear at the next election automatically. It is a bit disappointing that the leader you spent time customizing at the start just goes poof after a few years.

 

[Kraxav]

I'm pretty sure my first democratic leader became a governor, but I'm not sure, I'd have to confirm. I was playing an Irenic Democracy, so governors and scientists are the only candidates for ruler.

 

[PalmettoExplorer14]

I guess the starting leader could be defined as a governor at game start so he goes back to being a governor once he loses the job. Or he could go into a hidden pool and appear at the next election automatically. It is a bit disappointing that the leader you spent time customizing at the start just goes poof after a few years.

I agree. It seems a shame that our starting leader just disappears at times.

Wish there was a way we could somehow save our starting leaders. A code or something. Hopefully they'll fix that in later updates.

 

[beckermt]

I agree. It seems a shame that our starting leader just disappears at times.

Wish there was a way we could somehow save our starting leaders. A code or something. Hopefully they'll fix that in later updates.

There is a super simple mod that does it. IIRC it's like a one-line change where you give the leader a "class" (i.e. scientist, governor, admiral, general) and then when he's deposed he just... is that thing.

However, I have no useful links to provide. My apologies.