Marrying Custom Female Characters

[StrayDogFreedom]

I apologize if this is a stupid question but as of yet I haven't been able to figure out how to marry custom created female characters. Whether it was trying to marry female clan members I had created to other officers or just random female created characters the option doesn't seem available and they aren't listed as maidens.

Is it simply not possible to do anything with female custom characters or am I missing something obvious?

I'm really liking the game so far but I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of family setting options for created characters. The newer ROTK games have pretty extensive options available to flesh out just who is related to who so I was expecting something similar in this instead of simply being able to list who the character's father was.

[Ogami]

Female custom made characters cant marry in this game. The game treats female officers as male for the game mechanics. Notice when a female grows up and joins you clan the status is still " one of our boys has come of age bla bla".

[StrayDogFreedom]

Oh I see. I did see that but figured it was just a typo. Well... that's really too bad but at least now I know. Thanks

[felinowottgald]

This happen because when a marriage happen the wife become part of the husband clan, so basically than could mean that you lose the officer, to prevent that, the womans are treated as males on that sense

[Alice®]

Originally posted by StrayDogFreedom12:

I apologize if this is a stupid question but as of yet I haven't been able to figure out how to marry custom created female characters. Whether it was trying to marry female clan members I had created to other officers or just random female created characters the option doesn't seem available and they aren't listed as maidens.

Is it simply not possible to do anything with female custom characters or am I missing something obvious?

I'm really liking the game so far but I'm a bit disappointed in the lack of family setting options for created characters. The newer ROTK games have pretty extensive options available to flesh out just who is related to who so I was expecting something similar in this instead of simply being able to list who the character's father was.

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[archita]

its bad that custom female officers can't marry anyone, KOEI must fix this.

[StrayDogFreedom]

Originally posted by FelinoWottgald:

This happen because when a marriage happen the wife become part of the husband clan, so basically than could mean that you lose the officer, to prevent that, the womans are treated as males on that sense

Yeah that makes sense. I'm not sure why that would be a problem though if the female officer began as one of my retainers. Why she couldn't hypothetically be married to one of my males isn't really apparent to me. Or really any instance where the character would be married into your clan/faction shouldn't be an issue as far as I can tell. It wouldn't change anything that I can see and ROTK games have been doing it for years.

I understand the mechanics need to be consistent and what not but the fun of these games, for me, is in creating big, colorful families/clans then embedding them into these rich historical contexts. It helps me get immersed in the game and feel involved. Again, I really like the game so far but for a concept so focused on clans and characters I can't help but feel like family dynamics are underwhelming and character interactions, at least with custom characters, are kinda lacking.

Sorry for ranting, lol

[Straybow]

Originally posted by StrayDogFreedom12:

Originally posted by FelinoWottgald:

This happen because when a marriage happen the wife become part of the husband clan, so basically than could mean that you lose the officer, to prevent that, the womans are treated as males on that sense

Yeah that makes sense. I'm not sure why that would be a problem though if the female officer began as one of my retainers. Why she couldn't hypothetically be married to one of my males isn't really apparent to me. Or really any instance where the character would be married into your clan/faction shouldn't be an issue as far as I can tell. It wouldn't change anything that I can see and ROTK games have been doing it for years.

I understand the mechanics need to be consistent and what not but the fun of these games, for me, is in creating big, colorful families/clans then embedding them into these rich historical contexts. It helps me get immersed in the game and feel involved. Again, I really like the game so far but for a concept so focused on clans and characters I can't help but feel like family dynamics are underwhelming and character interactions, at least with custom characters, are kinda lacking.

Sorry for ranting, lol

I understand mate, I tend to create long convoluted familes in ROTK as well, and what happens in crusader kings is probably best left unsaid :)

[Frosteey]

Coming into this from ROTK VII-XI, where I usually play as female members of large created families, there was a lot of disappointment initially when I started playing this game.

You can't set up AI custom nations with any chance of surviving and expanding, or set custom characters to spread out around the map even semi-randomly to be discovered (although using the randomized clan placement thing, which is actually a pretty cool feature, can kind of solve that problem in a way), and your only option for starting out as a custom clan is always the same.

A semi-solution to custom clan starts I guess is giving your created character a relation to a ruler, picking that ruler, and then abdicating to your character. You give up the ability to customize crest and clan name, but it's something more than just a podunk little fortress.

You're really limited in creating a branching family tree, and female characters being so limited is pretty frustrating. The best solution I think is to just leave all of your created characters as males, while using your preferred portraits and voices. This way you're not actually punished by game mechanics being restricted because of your gender.

I'm actually enjoying the game pretty well though, even though those issues could have easily been dealbreakers for me. And hopefully my bandaid fixes actually work like I hope they do and make those faults a little less glaring.

[Basilhare]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Female custom made characters cant marry in this game. The game treats female officers as male for the game mechanics. Notice when a female grows up and joins you clan the status is still " one of our boys has come of age bla bla".

Actually, I had one of my male custom characters marry one of my female custom characters...it now shows them as spouse whenever you go to their character screens...this seems to be a random event....the option popped up out of the blue....

[Basilhare]

okay strike that

Originally posted by Basilhare:

Originally posted by Ogami:

Female custom made characters cant marry in this game. The game treats female officers as male for the game mechanics. Notice when a female grows up and joins you clan the status is still " one of our boys has come of age bla bla".

Actually, I had one of my male custom characters marry one of my female custom characters...it now shows them as spouse whenever you go to their character screens...this seems to be a random event....the option popped up out of the blue....

Okay, strike that...it was a custom male character marrying my daughter who was the product of my custom male Clan Lord.....

[DKB]

The most disappointing aspect of Koei's new title is the oversimplification for a lot of features. It made the game more approachable, but lost a lot of it's charm in the process.

Perhaps we'll see a future update that will include more features for long time fans, such as the ability to marry and take advantage of family features?

[StrayDogFreedom]

Originally posted by Lysimarkos:

Originally posted by StrayDogFreedom12:

Yeah that makes sense. I'm not sure why that would be a problem though if the female officer began as one of my retainers. Why she couldn't hypothetically be married to one of my males isn't really apparent to me. Or really any instance where the character would be married into your clan/faction shouldn't be an issue as far as I can tell. It wouldn't change anything that I can see and ROTK games have been doing it for years.

I understand the mechanics need to be consistent and what not but the fun of these games, for me, is in creating big, colorful families/clans then embedding them into these rich historical contexts. It helps me get immersed in the game and feel involved. Again, I really like the game so far but for a concept so focused on clans and characters I can't help but feel like family dynamics are underwhelming and character interactions, at least with custom characters, are kinda lacking.

Sorry for ranting, lol

I understand mate, I tend to create long convoluted familes in ROTK as well, and what happens in crusader kings is probably best left unsaid :)

Ah, a kindred spirit