Are the factions cloud saved?  If so we really need an in game way to delete that shit.

Was also wondering how i could delete some of them.

Thanks for the answer.

How am I not seeing this...I'm so confused...

That doesn't delete the faction, it only deletes the leader you created for the faction.  

Yeah, I agree. Before steam you could just delete them in mydocuments/games folder but with steam, they just get added again by steam cloud.

There really has to be in game interface to see, edit and delete existing factions, custom or other. Currently I can't edit faction I have created outside text editor, I can only make new faction and that's it.

If one of the games main feature is that the game expands as you create and play new factions that AI can later use, there really should be more options and tools to manage said factions. Also, some of the things that are available in faction text files should be available for in game faction creation tool, like ability to set AI personalities and ability to make 'cheat' factions that have number of traits above their limit (usually for making powerful AI factions).

This really needs devs attention before the game leaves beta or there will be lots of threads of the type 'I made custom faction, how do I remove it' since steam cloud makes sure you can't delete the game files unless you turn off steam cloud.

I guess I can turn it off and turn it on to manually delete factions.  For the most part, I only use a created faction once, with few exceptions.  And I like the cloud saving as I switch from desktop to laptop pretty much every day.

I for one actually don't like it when the AI takes control of a custom faction/leader that I've created in the past.

There are times when I goof around with a design or try something new. When I play a subsequent game, I don't want to have the AI messed up and ruining my game all because they have decided to pick your previous goof.

IMO, there should be a check screen in the menu where you can pre select which leaders and factions are to be made available for the AI's use. Doing that also opens up possbilities for the steam cloud (as much as I hate steam) because you then can gain access to all sorts of leaders and factions that other players have made public, sifting through the data and deciding which leaders and factions you want your AI to be able to choose from.

Until this is implemented, everytime I've tinkered with a leader or faction, when I am done with it, I delete it, because I don't want the AI to become screwed up because of decisions that I have made in a previous game.

This entire arguement can be made for the current AI factions as well. If I play a default leader and create my own units. There is NO way I want the AI to also utilize those units in a subsequent game, espcecially if I've deisgned those units to operate under specific conditions whereas the AI will not be aware of those conditions and will blindly use the units out of context.

Granted I can understand that the AI should be getting better off of the units that you are creating. All that I am saying is that the player should have the ability AHEAD of time to select which units in addition to the default units the AI has access to. Again, the steam cloud could be utilized here to further the experiance.

The control mechanism must first be made though.

I've just tested this, and you can delete custom factions, by first disabling the cloud save mechanic, then manually deleting them from your MyGames folder. You can also delete custom units and leaders in the same manner.

A bit too much aggravation, imo, but it gets the job done. As I only play with custom factions and leaders, I end up with several that don't work out as intended.

I must agree, this is something I greatly disliked in FE, and had hopes of seeing fixed for LH.

Until I read this thread, I had no idea you could delete custom leaders by right clicking, so that is a start, at least.

I was going to remark that I've had no issues with this, but then I remembered I disabled cloud saving since I only use 1 computer to play and a bad experience with loading from the cloud instead of a local save and losing a ton of progress as a result.

Correction. Not all of the earlier created factions returned, only those with different names. However, sovereigns with the same name did reappear.

I think changing anything in the faction design resets its profile. Try writing it as a last thing and then save faction immediately.

Have you checked the character details? From what I can tell, in FE, custom descriptions show up in the details once you start to play, but not in the opening narration. It probably works the same in LH.