or at the very least cruelly scarred. And thats about that. Really annoying -2 influence penalty but offset by excellent and perhaps excessive +8 hitpoint bonus. Now I like using my family members because of their good units and influence in the field ( not to be mistaken for the influence attribute) but this is just stupid. Steeee you pid.
Well to put it plainly its crap.
Is their a workaround or mod to lower the frequency of this attribute?

Oh and for what its worth

V1.2 is much much better and yes it does make the original look like a beta.

The fact the horse archers is dodgy is ..... dodgy. How crap are the QA guys? answers on a postcard to Activision.

Through the little weaks made I have noticed resulting AI imrovements as a side effect which is good.

I can finally use testudo effectively and often do!
Brill.

But I also want more family members. There does seem t be a plateau reached beyond which my family just stops reproducing. This can lead to a period of 5 -10 yrs without any kids. Rubbish.
More family members should = more kids.

And

I want to adopt ANY good captain or at least have an option.

I think the team at CA lack designers with vision.
( waits for repercussions of comments).
But the main point is this scarface nonsense