There don't seem to be any notable changes when hitting those homelands/conquest dates, no. For example, in 1174 my king had 9 Influence. In 1175, he took Aragon but lost Normandy; in 1176, his Influence was still 9. It's a bit hard to separate out the factors, of course: 1150 happened to be the year of a Crusade success, and in that year Inf. rose by 1 point as expected. Other years coincided with a new king's crowning, which seems usually to reset Inf. to around 4. But at least I haven't seen any *patterns* I can recognize between those dates and a jump in Influence.

Maybe indeed being the GA points leader accounts for the steady rise. I think I've been leading in points for most of the campaign... will try to remember to check that aspect.

I believe I saw the numerology thread reproduced in some form at the .Com recently - yeah, here it is: https://forums.totalwar.com/discussi...war-numerology