What to do about Janusk?

I mentioned something about this a little earlier, but I think Janusk either needs to be removed completely or, better yet, randomized.  It's not going to make much sense for 9 different Janusk's running around a multi-player map, and it also feels a little dull to have the exact same character show up during single-player games.

I'd love to see the "Janusk" character appear completely different at the start of each game in both single and multiplayer.  So it would show up with random stats, appearance, name and gender.  Could add some spice to the early game.

You've got "raise land" spells oneshotting resource tiles, you've got infinite ration exploits by deleting houses, you've got instant unit production by trading cities with training discounts between empire and kingdom, you've got allies breeding so many sons and daughters to each other that by turn 200 you're starting to wonder if they're got bunnyears.

And you worry about janusk.

Agree Janusk is a poor concept, especially since this game manages to randomize characters so well. Also I mostly play a fallen race and I am starting to get sick of only being able to hire human champions. Those may be minor issues but need to be addressed.

I like the early free hero.. It helps get things rolling.. I would like to see more options then Janusk (IE male and female versions for both kingdoms and empire based on Sov gender choice) .. I have no problem removing the ability to marry said free hero, for reasons others have said here and in other threads.. But I also  do not see it as a concern. I would like to see spouse choice matter more. For example a strong likelihood that a child will not only have stats based of partners with better stats but that a higher percentage that the child will have one ability from both their parents + a chance at a random one..  this would make spousal choice matter..  but these are just my brainstorming on the matter..

Why is Janusk even a hero/champion? Why can't SD just turn him into an interactive pop-up? It's not like he's used for anything in-game and removing him would eliminate all of the balance concerns.

They could and should just have advice coming from your main champions (highest level or class based). If there is advice about farming then it could come from a "Farmer" champion instead of a "Warrior".

Yes, we don't really need Janusk.

Having Janusk is nice, it lets sovereigns who dump champion-recruiting stuff get at least ONE champion, who I then imbue and let do all of my spellcasting. Without him, it would be a lot harder to have a sovereign that focuses on the martial stuff, since magic is just such an important part of the game. Sovs with high charisma and such will still be able to get a lot more champions, so it's not like it makes dumping charisma into a no-brainer or anything.

That said, having him be randomized a lot more would be great. I can also see that being able to marry that first free champ might be troublesome as well, in which case I'd say his gender should change to be the same gender as your sovereign, instead of the opposite.

Give Janusk a break...he's a nice guy.  My only issue is that his player card gets used by some other dude too...please, they're can only be 1 Janusk!

By the way, unchecking 'enable janusk advice' in options not only disables his advice but removes him from the game completely.

Just sayin'

The only problem I see with Janusk in MP is that he allows a female sovereign to get married immediately and get a head start on kids. But that could be fixed.

Tridus, thats cold, having poor Janusk "fixed" like a common cat or dog so he cant breed.

Janusk should be disabled for MP.  Easy solution. 

That would be epic. Have a female Sov, click on the marry Janus button.

"Im sorry i can not marry you, im a unick"

This.  Fire Janusk, he's obsolete.  Give him the axe!  Instead of having a 'disable Janusk' option, they can change it to 'disable advice'.