Women in History DLC

[Uber_Pawn]

I appreciate the Women in History DLC, I really do. I like how in continues the EU tradition of in game events that make you check out Wikipedia after you are done playing. I also realize people have likely commented on various aspects before and to that I really can't add anything new. (Though I always get a laugh when playing as Ethopia how Zara Yaqob can't afford his own wife.)

My primary suggestion is that female adviser portraits should be removed from the DLC and patched in and instead of silver borders they should have gold borders like everyone else. The silver borders aren't good or bad I just don't see any reason why they should be different.

I can understand people not liking the DLC events because some of them are very powerful, but there's no reason to not have female advisers in the game.

Also perhaps I'm wrong or maybe things have changed, but it would be nice to have female advisers who aren't white when culturally appropriate. (Zara Yaqob couldn't afford his expensive level 3 Diplomat oddly Caucasian wife.) I realize that means paying the illustrator a large chuck of money for new portraits, but it would be nice. You could even include them as part of already existing DLC portraits sets so at least you get some sort of financial return.

 

[ShadowCammy]

Well, TECHNICALLY it is already patched in, since it was free DLC. There would be no use to patch female advisors in. Also in real life, not many leaders listened to women's advice unless they had close personal ties, such as their wife or family.

 

[Fluffy_Fishy]

I thought you could get Advisors from any accepted culture, I have certainly had a lot of greeks on my Venetian playthroughs. I really like that they differentiate between genders a bit, the silver looks nice too. The DLC is based on real women and the real things that happened, its not uncommon throughout history that Women have had bigger roles than men, it was Edward III's mother who started the hundred years war, something that would have a huge influence on not just english and french history, but help shape the whole of Europe. Puppet kings who were manipulated by women were surprisingly common, so were Women who intoxicated men to the point where they would change history forever.

The events are deservedly powerful, mostly because to be really noticed as a woman in history you had to do something disgustingly influential, otherwise you would just be a pretty princess married off for political reasons to do nothing but be a bit of elegance and help create the next generation of monarchs.