princess unhistorical

[KingKnudthebloodthirsty]

hey guys, i played this game for about 2 months and now im very familiar with this game. but i realize that princesses steal general is not historical isnt it? when a princess gets married, in real history it always joins its husband's faction, rather than husband join the wife's factions. Any thoughts, i think this pretty weird

[sephirothno12000]

well...it sorta depends...if say you run out of male heirs...the eldest princess should get the inheritance...therefore going to the husband.

personally though...most of my gameplay has been with the Teutonic Order, so I don't really need heirs, hahaha.

[CavalryCmdr]

I'm not really that knowledgeable about history, but I believe it would depend on who's family was 'higher' socially speaking. For example if an English princess maried a French general I belive that general would in-fact join the English, even be considered a member of the royal family, much like in the game, except-ofcourse he would never be the heir unless there were no surviving male members of the family. However if said general was in-fact a member of the French royal family (even if he was several steps removed from the throne) he would not.

If you could only steal non-family members with a princess I think that would be realistic, unfortunately almost all generals are members of the royal family, so it really is quite silly. Although the maraige alliance is done quite well.

[KingKnudthebloodthirsty]

ye i guess ur right. some random general would be traitorus and join the other faction but in mtw2, i believe the princess could steal any1, familymember or general, unless if the family guy is the heir or king.

[FactionHeir]

I suppose if they had made it so that the princess marrying the general would ensure him being 3rd or so in line ot the throne, that would have helped :tongue2:

Normally though, the princess is the daughter of a living leader or heir, so the marrying genera/member should get a bump in terms of position to the throne. I agree they could have added a factor in for that though to modify the chance of success.