Devastating Faction Heir bug.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 10-03-2004, 00:04

I started a new full campaign, as the Julii, and finally produced two new heirs. However, they weren't from the 3rd generation children who matured and married. They were born to the 2nd generation couples, in their mid 40's now, who already had children now grown & married and in their early 20's. Kind of weird. I mean the peasant populations in many of my cities are breeding like rabbits, but the young virile patricians aren't reproducing till they're 40.

**King Azzole** · 10-03-2004, 00:17

If worse comes to worse you can always bribe younger family members from other factions. I did that to continue my egyptian campaign. Im starting to think you produce more heirs if your faction if more active. I noticed the years when I conquer provinces I get more heirs and when im idle just building stuff I produce little to none.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 10-03-2004, 04:58

Update on my current Julii campaign. I have been super agressive in this one, attacking Gaul with all but 2 family members left in the Home provinces, Arretium & Ariminum, one producing Infantry & Cav the other my Navy. It's the winter of 246 BC, Gaul is down to one city, Alesia. Over the last several years my Faction has been a baby making machine. 5 daughters and 4 sons, all born to the 2nd generation (children that have matured and married at the start of the game). I guess a lot of blood is good for the Roman libido. "Sorry babe, I'm just not in the mood till I slaughter a few thousand Gauls."

I've been attacking with small armies (300-500 men), working in pairs. One is the bait, the other ambushes. I guess it's better to let the dice fly and really push than to be more cautious, at least in this campaign.