Lucky
The leveling system is bad and it's even worse when combined with "lol random so crazy" wanderer stat loadouts.
I'm okay with wander spawning and names/appearances being random, but their stat builds need to be hand crafted to fit their role and allow some player agency. I also think they should join with their perks un-selected. Same for spouses TBH, I was horrified to get a spouse in a game yesterday and see they had different perks then in previous my game. Perks, as petty as they are, are are only leg up on dealing with some new mechanics such as rebelions and skill nerfs to some units (via captain perks to balance them) and just not having the one we need isn't okay.
Mods. Yep that is the way to fix all of this, mods.
