Quote Originally Posted by Methuselah View Post
I just ignore victory conditions and play as I deem fit. I hate victory conditions, as I see it almost as a guide telling me what I'm supposed to do. I'll just do whatever I want. Just because I've conquered certain territories, doesn't mean I should win and just quit. Empires don't just stop, they keep going on and on until their fall.

In this way, my games never end. I've got about 4 campaigns which I stopped playing, though they never did end. Most of them are migrations...
Yeah, I tend to to the same, with the exception of migrations. They rob you of your factional units, which are usually the best you can get.

I usually leave one victory condition territory alone, so I can conquer almost the entire world (with the exception of the far, far East) and then finally capture that territory to get a much sweeter victory.