Do "Glorious Achievements" work yet?

[Wretched Gnu]

I'm just about to end the early period of my first campaign; but I gather that the transition into High might screw up my Glorious Achievements points. I searched and searched the forums for a clear answer, to no avail: Is there a final word on the GA bug...?

[Eastside Character]

What bug? Is there any bug? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

[Wretched Gnu]

... yeah; apparently the GA points don't accrue correctly after you shift into a new era (some of your points disappear) -- although some players have reported that the bug affects some factions and not others. The problem remained after the MTW patch, and I've not heard whether Viking Invasion fixes it. I assume it hasn't, since it isn't mentioned among the VI fixes.

This is a great game, but it's really only interesting in GA mode. Outside of GA, it's just too easy, since the AI in all modes is designed to behave as if the player has all sorts of goals in mind, not just conquest after conquest. In other words, the AI always spreads its resources out among all kinds of goals, just as a player must do in GA: it's simply not designed to respond appropriately when faced with a player who does nothing but crank out units for conquest. It baffles me that people think conquest mode is any fun or any challenge at all -- because it certainly doesn't involve any strategic thinking...

So please, CA: fix the glorious achievements, if indeed it's broken -- it's the only thing that makes this game great...

[Wretched Gnu]

Update: I just read on the .com forums a post (by a player) that claimed Viking Invasion fixes the GA scoring problem. But I've also read posts that say otherwise. Which is the case? I wonder why CA has never, ever responded to this question, which has been asked dozens of times in both forums?

[Gregoshi]

Welcome to the Org Gnu. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

From what I've read, the general feeling is that the GA game is still broke, but I never studied my points closely enough to determine that myself.

[invalidopcode]

The GA is still broke in M:TW VI. I forgot which faction I was playing but the points were all screwed up. I always play Expert/Early if that helps...

I just today started another GA as the Hungarians. I will let you know how it goes.

[Wretched Gnu]

Thanks all -- ...too bad; I just ordered VI 'cause I thought it might stave off future GA grumbling on my part But I'm sure it'll be worth it otherwise, if only for the interface improvements alone. (I would kill for a real Civilization-type province-managing screen; I'm a hypermicromanager (which is why it takes me so bloody long to play these games) so I think I would have spent the $20 just to get the new parchment enhancements, modest tho' they be)

I'm not much on smilies, normally, but I like this one:

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[HopAlongBunny]

The GA points work better than they used to. Last campaign with Italy I got my crusade points, and points for the merchant goal. I have never received points for conquest, although the AI racks them up quite consistently.

Needs work.

[squippy]

I've seen some oddities but have notr come across a screaming problem recently. Does seem improved.

But yes I wholly agree, GA's are more interesting than mere conquest and it would be great iof that component of the game were deepened.

I've asked before but I don't think anyone responded: are GA's moddable?

[hellenes]

Im new on the org forum and this id my first post...
About the GA topic i found in my recent turkish campaign that the problem occurs when the counting of homelands ponts is at the same date with other GA points arecounted then the music of homeland and the GA sound at the same time and the GA points dont get counted... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif However i did a little experiment by achieving the turcish empire GA after the homelands were counted it worked http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif but this renders the costandinople points useless and some others http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif ...