How to decide wich court nobles to recruit?

[Lycon]

The ones I have I can see the effects of a certain position when i select them to it. But from the recruit list I can't see anything what they will do in that court position like administrator etc? So How do you decide wich nobles to recruit?

[Scouten]

i inspect there level, what gear they have , previous relations and the traits they have thats all you can see before you recruit someone

[Nylan]

From the campaign map you get the notification about individuals of note.. left click that, then right click the hero and you can see all of their skills, both unlocked and ones they have yet to get. I rarely use that to determine who to get, but a level 7 general you won't be moving to heir likely won't be so useful with the lower parts of the true fully unlocked.. As was stated above, check their service history and traits. Another thing to look at is their retinue, bigger is more expensive to throw into the field, and a large elite retinue might cost 8-10 grand.

Though for me the traits are the real selling points. Find someone with higher ambition for independence as an admin? Nope, not gonna hire. Someone who lowers satisfaction within the army, not going to hire him either. Someone who lowers hostile forces arrow count by 30%? Instant hire regardless of class, provided he isn't one i suspect of being a spy.

Now as for admin positions, avoid putting fresh recruits in there. You don't want to potentially put a spy into a position of power. Generally speaking i use my starting heroes for court positions, provided they all get along, or when possible family members. Administrators i tend to favor Champions for farm areas, as they tend to have farm or pop growth stats, and sentinels for industry or commerce areas, as they tend to favor those. I also like both of those hero types for their retinue as a garrison, so i try not to have these as field generals. Rather i apoint them as admin, summon their force up and fill it out. Usually 4 infantry and two archers, of course the best troops i can buy, as once they get hired i just rrecall the guy so he goes back to his city as a free garrison force.

They aren't common, but any event created hero is also safe to put into a position of power. Say you get a popup after a battle about an enemy officer being a capable combatant or some such, hire him with an estimated salary of 100 gold. It creates a new guy for your faction, so you know he's not a spy. Always paranoid about spies, had too many armies sabotaged from hiring random generals, but never once had a city stolen out from under me.

[Devolth]

From what I seen, You should never recruit a general level 4+ unless its a unique legendary lord unless you have money out the ass. Why? Cause their satisfaction is always trash level. (15-20 or 0 in case of Lu Bu)

I don't fill any administration office until mid to late game even then I only fill those that gain more income unless I need to satisfy a lord.

Before hiring a lord make sure he isn't part of an hostile faction recently. If he is pretty much skip him, an entire army unit can get deleted for a turn.