[2023] Dev Diary #130 – Wards and Wardens - The Vision

X_FloW said: Are the other packs that were voted out "Love & Lust" and the other one still coming later?

We did say at the time you were voting for one of them! You shoulda campaigned harder if you wanted one of the other two! With that said, there's no guarantee you won't see them in the future either. They're good concepts and all of them would be worthy additions to the game. If and when we do more Event Packs, we might do another vote in the future, we might just choose one we like, we might do something in between, we might do none of that! You'll find out at the time.

Also hello all, I'll be around for the next hour or so in this thread. Hope you're having a good week so far!  

BrotherJonathan said: Are you planning to rebalance any other traits with this update? Right now Shy is basically a death sentence because almost every possible action gives you stress.

We'll be accompanying this DLC with a patch as per usual so there's bits and pieces of rebalancing that'll be done, though I don't think there's anything specifically targetting Shy here. I will say we do try to keep it in mind and throw traits like Shy and Paranoid a bone when making events, however, and I can think of at least a few in this pack that are explicitly Shy-friendly.  

Inspecta said: Since this pack also focuses on raising a child, will there be a "favoritism" mechanics?

To put it simply - you play as Denethor, you absolutely adore Boromir, but you hate Faramir with your guts, even if he's your last heir. This kind of favoritism.

Not a mechanic as such; we try to leave how much you favour your kids in the player's hands without something like a 'designate favourite kid' button or the like. It's simply easier to let the player bully their offspring in a natural and gameplay-focused manner, y'see.

Crusader Kings III: Optimising Cyberbullying In Real Life In Video Games. (◕‿◕✿)  

KlausMaster said: I'm so glad Wards and Wardens won the poll, that really restored my faith in this community.

Villains & Vagabonds should've won dammit! I'll never forgive any of you!