Maybe I'm missing something or more units will unlock as I get higher class? Maybe it fits the lore of this setting, but I don't really care for it. For instance, Gonsun Zan starts the game with a unit(which I thought was about to unlock through reforms) he can never recruit, from what I can tell. I was looking forward to a unit being unlocked through reforms that would have gone great with how I play Gonsun, and then I find out my dude can't recruit them. I'm cool with the retinue thing, I've made my peace with that, but the way it limits unit selection based on what type of character you have just feels wrong, and totally unlike any of the previous Total War games.
I'm going to go on record and say that I'm 100% not a fan of how you build armies in this game. I picked Gonsun Zan at release and have not picked a single other faction until last night when I unlocked the Tyrant. Holding the seal seems like a hard mode challenge. Mozzyfuzzy wrote: I tried the Sun Jian, campaign and find myself having to deal with 4/5 different armies from various directions if I even remotely attempt to hold onto the Jade Seal, while also not being able to take the things I want to take. Looks like it might be a fun change of pace. No pun intended, he’s a beefy fellow.Īnd yeah, just did the opening scene with Dong Zhuo. Leaning towards Dong Zhuo, because it looks like a bigger challenge.
With that out of the way, I methodically took over everything in the top right corner of China, making great pains to avoid pissing off anyone that bordered my growing empire.Īfter taking all but 2 settlements in the north east section of China, basically everything within the Yellow River, I was declared King, which meant I got a new selection of seemingly badass units, and I unlocked Dong Zhou! Now I’m torn on starting a new campaign as Dong Zhuo the Tyrant or putting the new Emperor units to the test and uniting China! Took my self to bankruptcy to fund the armies needed, but with a few timely ambushes and 2 pretty bloody sieges, I hobbled the Yuan Shao juggernaut before it could get going. Was a pretty fraught endeavour, as the people to the north of me declared war on me as I went south. My current playthrough, knowing that he’d get a small empire growing within 30 turns, I struck at the heart of his domains and executed Yuan Shao fairly quickly.
#Total war three kingdoms settlement administration Patch#
A beta patch is out that is starting to address Yuan Shao’s zealous vassalizing, so it was definitely broken.