[RL] Title Inherited From Parents Has Higher Priority Than Career Title

When a sim who has an inherited title from parents for example as "Lady/Lord" joins the Noble Career and advance in the career and is supposed to have a higher title than just "Lady/Lord", their title does not update, and there is no way to change it.

Also, if they married someone with a noble rank, they do not take it and keep "Lady/Lord".

For example:

In my game, Beatrice Capp joined the Noble Career and is supposed to be a Countess now and her husband got the Count title from her but she is still "Lady" which I found wrong even if it is how the game was designed.

Also, Sofia Abrantes inherited her mother's title when her mother died then married Virgilio Capp (Don't worry. She was old enough) and he did not take the Margrave title and stayed "Lord".

Is this a bug or a design fault? Sims should not keep generic titles when they can have higher ones.

Edit By crinrict: Added pack tag to title, adjusted title to fit

gameplay feedback

EA_Solaire
7 hours ago
Hello,

This is currently functioning as designed. Please feel free to provide your feedback on this design choice here if you'd like.

Thanks!

4 Replies

Sasso0o85
New Traveler
7 hours ago
Is it fair to stay Lord/Lady when a sim worked hard to get promoted in their career? Why should I bother promoting them then? and why this disadvantage? because their parent has a title? It makes no sense.
If that is the design then someone did not think this through. And how does a spouse benefit from a sim's title when that sim can't benefit from it themselves?
EA_Solaire
Community Manager
7 hours ago
Hello,

This is currently functioning as designed. Please feel free to provide your feedback on this design choice here if you'd like.

Thanks!
Sasso0o85
New Traveler
8 hours ago
I tested without mods and CC too and it is the same. I did not have any mods or CC that have to do with titles anyway.
I use PC.
About Levels:
Beatrice Capp:
Beatrice Capp started the Noble Career from level 1 and advanced to level 5, Influential Liege. Supposed to be Countess now. Her husband who had no noble parents or noble career but was also premade (Caleb Vatore) takes her title every time she gets promoted. He is Count now and she is still Lady, which is very unfair. So his title updated with her promotion but hers did not.
Virgilio Capp:
Sofia Abrantes was promised her mother's title before her mother died, so she inherited the Margravine title. When she married Virgilio, he kept his Lord title. Her advancement in career works fine I think because her mother is dead. She is Marchioness now. Virgilio is still Lord.
When Tybalt Capp became King for some time, Virgilio became Prince. Which means it is not that his title is stuck or never updates, it is that the title that comes from his father has a higher priority that any other title. But then Tybalt lost his King title and is back to Grand Duke, so his children are Lady, Lord, and Lordem again. Again the titles updated in this case.
Beatrice became princess too before she joined the noble career but lost it with her father's demotion.
The same happened with Dante Monty. His mother joined the career first and he became lord. Then he joined the noble career and stayed Lord, so I made his mother quit to test, and he became Knight at Level 1. Then, his mother rejoined the career and he is back to Lord.
So titles are not stuck, they just have wrong logic that makes a sim's achievements irrelevant if they have a noble parent. That was nice when their parent was king because princess and prince are better than any other title they can achieve, but not when they are just Lady/Lord.
It could be by design but could also be a mistake in design. An overlooked case not a bug. It is more consistent than a bug.
crinrict
Hero+
1 day ago
Could you please provide the following information then

Are you using mods/cc in your game ? Please remove them and test without them if you do. Please pick a thread tag for that.

What platform are you playing on (PC, Mac, Playstation, XBox). Please pick a thread tag for that.

Meanwhile I'll check with a CM if this is design.

Please also post all the levels of your household. What they currently have and their career level.

Sasso0o85