Untrustworthy Generals

[MrStrider]

How can I improve loyalty in my generals?

In my current campaign as the English, I experienced something of a baby boom in the early years and now have somewhere close to two dozen generals. However, the majority of my guys are fairly low on the loyalty rating (averaging somewhere between 3 and 5). Even my faction heir only has a rating of 4 and the dang ‘feels unappreciated’ trait is nearly across the board! My king’s authority is pretty high and he’s quite dreaded.

Any suggestions?

Cheers!

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

Marry your princesses to them...that gives them Royal Ties, which gives a significant boost to loyalty, though at this moment I can't find it in the Bradygames strat guide...

Also the "Feels Appreciated" line of traits has major loyalty boosts...how you get those I have no idea.

[MrStrider]

Thanks Frederick…

Yeah, I have a couple of generals with ‘Feels Appreciated’ trait, but have no idea what the trigger is. And unfortunately my male children outnumber the girls by about 10 to 1!

On a related note, does anyone know of a list of traits, their effects, and possible triggers? I’ve seen one for ancillaries, but not traits

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

They're all listed in the strat guide...all the traits and their effects, but not the triggers.

[Frederick_I_Barbarossa]

This makes me wonder...
Has anybody condensed the trait and ancillary list down to a spreadsheet yet?

[FactionHeir]

Its probably somewhere in the modding tutorials section.

Basically chiv generals hate dread faction leaders and generals in general hate being in a backwater town/castle.

Move them around the countryside and fight battles with them (and win them), that makes them happy.

In general loyalty doesn't matter much unless one of your AI enemies has too much money to spend and starts bribing (which is very difficult and expensive)