No option to change faction heir

**Foz** · 02-09-2007, 19:40

Originally Posted by IsItStillThere

I thought there was something screwy about the way the line of succession worked. Course, you can always send undersireable heirs on suicide missions against bandits to get rid of them.

I suppose you could, but I have problems enough trying to keep cities stocked with governors and armies stocked with generals without intentionally getting them killed.

**Lord Fluffy** · 02-09-2007, 19:52

Well I have this problem now, not enough that my good King died and the new King is mad. The new prince has a boat load of bad traits. Problem is, I've sent him on 2 suicide missions and he always ran away at the very last instant.

**Carl** · 02-10-2007, 01:32

My advise, take a settelment with enemies near who will attack you then lave him as the only garrission, that way he'll stick. Also, rotate the unit so he is on the flank they charge into, or use click behind to get him in the midle of a mass of men so he fights to the death.

**ChaosLord** · 02-10-2007, 02:01

The problem is that as far as the game is concerned, sons don't exist until they mature. This was fixed in MTW with the title of heir passing to the true heir when he came of age. In the situation with having the current King's brothers holding the title of heir while the Kings owns sons grew up. What it should do is track the true heir reguardless of age and have a "Regent" position of temporary heir/king. Until the true heir matures then it switches to him with the proper title.

That aside, I did have an interesting encounter with this. I had a German marry one of my Danish Princesses(got seduced). This German ruled as King for a little bit because I had gotten my only heir of age killed in battle. But he died before his sons could mature so the Kingship passed back to true line. At least, all Danish rather then half German/Danish.

Really, royal politics and questions of succession is something CA could have expanded on in M2TW rather then giving us a pretty picture to look at.