Titles

[Dodge_272]

Who do you give titles to? knights? peasants? garrisons? commanders? all of the above?

[cambovenzi]

Who do you give titles to? knights? peasants? garrisons? commanders? all of the above?

i give it to pretty much any type. generally ends up being peasants.
but they have high acumen, and dread, if i need more loyalty in the province.

[drone]

For governor titles, I look for decent acumen (3+) and maybe some dread. A good general with middling loyalty (3-4 range) can be a good choice as well. Some titles give dread, acumen, and command, I try to match the bonuses up with what I have.

Supposedly, if you give titles to non-nobles, the overall loyalty of your noble generals will drop. Noble generals are the ones with the "Sir" (or other faction specific) prefix in the name. I'm not 100% sure on this though, and I don't know the actual penalty. It doesn't really matter early on in the game, it might become a bigger deal later. If you roleplay your empire, some people limit themselves to only giving titles to nobles.

[Ciaran]

Government titles are assigned according to acumen. Especially the high-yield provinces (Flandern, Venice, Constantinople, etc) get governors with no less than a base of four acumen, usually increased by another title which gives such boni. In regions with a high "natural" unrest, like Scotland or Portugal, government goes to high-dread types. Military titles go to army leaders. It doesn´t matter which unit the man is the commander of, all that matters is that he´s got good basic skills in the respective job.

[professorspatula]

Early on I tend to give titles to whoever has the best mix of high acumen and dread. Later on, however, I prefer to favour Knights and elite troops - providing they still have some acumen and skills. I like to think of the Duke of a province actually taking to the field when his king calls upon him once in a while. The land owners have to earn their titles, even if it means they'll be killed! Always seems a bit silly having a bunch of peasants running the most important settlements in the Kingdom. They should know their place and leave the governing to those of noble birth!

[m52nickerson]

Most of my titles go to Peasants accept for titles that give command stars, they always go to General units.

[Martok]

I follow roughly the same formula that professorspatula does. In the early parts of the campaign, I tend to bestow titles on whoever seems to have the best overall stats (acumen and dread being the two most important). As my kingdom/empire has expanded to a good size, however, I begin to restrict titles to nobility and/or commanders of "elite" units -- I view it as a reflection of my faction's social castes having become somewhat more rigid with time (and therefore only the "upper crust" is allowed to receive titles).