How do I adjust the Roman Leadership system?

[furlean]

Hello everyone,

I am relatively new to this forum but have been playing RTR for nearly two years and thoroughly enjoy the content that the development team has produced with RTRVI and RTRVII. I have tried searching these forums and google for an answer but have had no luck. One of the changes in RTRVII that I enjoy thoroughly is the Roman Leadership system and the offices that you can distribute to your family members. In the beginning of a new campaign, I have no problem with distributing senior offices such as praetor and consul to family members (such as Decius Mus) but find myself mid-game with very few family members that even survive to become a praetor/consul, which can become problematic for expanding into new territories.

In a best case scenario, I can usually have a family members become a military tribune at age 26, quaestor at age 46, aedile at age 56-58, praetor at age 62-64 and consul at age 68-70 but only if I adopt a noble when they are of 16 years of age or if a male member of my family tree comes of age. I understand that it took a considerable amount of time and gravitas to reach the senior offices in ancient times but realistically, the average age of a praetor during the Roman Republic would have been around 40 and late 40s for a consul. Heck, you were considered lucky to live past 60 if you lived in Rome during the 3rd century BC.

So, I am wondering if someone could please tell me how I can reduce the duration of time that a family member must hold an appointment for before he can move up the "Cursus Honorum" to realistically represent the age of a family member and the office they are eligible to hold.

Thank you.

[Muizer]

EDIT: on second thought, the intervals you mention are exactly twice what they should be. I wonder if four turns per year script is running as it should.

[David128]

Howdy! Sorry to semi-necro this thread, but there hasn't been paid any attention to this issue since this post was last made. As it stands, the year requirements for the Cursus Honorum seem pretty funky, so is there any way from the player's end that we can alter it to it's normal state? Anybody out there know?