Faction leader

**Cambion** · February 21, 2015, 10:28 AM

I asked this before in the FAQ threat but didnt really get an answer.

What determines how good a faction leader is for the purpose of factionwide bonuses?
Its not rank and as far as I can tell its not skills or traits either. His attributes (authority, cunning...)? And if so should they be balanced or specialized?

Also the single-party politics are still broken. Not badly so, but still. High influence results in higher CW chance, which denies access to the better bonuses. I tend to roleplay my empire (not only building food and public order) or sometimes try make do with the fewest provinces possible. So I dont like the usual walkarounds (lots of statesmen, admirals and so on) very much. This means I really need the bonuses to make it work. Also and maybe unusally I like the politics: Grooming the next leader, using the right govenours for the right job and when the campaign starts to stall there is always the possibility to engineer a civil war intentionally to grab power.

Thanks for any advice and maybe a hint when this will be fixed. As always: This game is nothing without DEI.

**Litharion** · February 21, 2015, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Cambion

I asked this before in the FAQ threat but didnt really get an answer.

What determines how good a faction leader is for the purpose of factionwide bonuses?
Its not rank and as far as I can tell its not skills or traits either. His attributes (authority, cunning...)? And if so should they be balanced or specialized?

Also the single-party politics are still broken. Not badly so, but still. High influence results in higher CW chance, which denies access to the better bonuses. I tend to roleplay my empire (not only building food and public order) or sometimes try make do with the fewest provinces possible. So I dont like the usual walkarounds (lots of statesmen, admirals and so on) very much. This means I really need the bonuses to make it work. Also and maybe unusally I like the politics: Grooming the next leader, using the right govenours for the right job and when the campaign starts to stall there is always the possibility to engineer a civil war intentionally to grab power.

Thanks for any advice and maybe a hint when this will be fixed. As always: This game is nothing without DEI.

The global faction leader effect is determined by his traits. This is an old spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1551530199