How the heck do you get a 100% victory?

[dan0808]

I just can't figure out how people can conquer the entire map and win a total victory. I'm just starting out (late to the game) and on easy it is indeed easy to win the normal conquest victory but when the game asks me, and I accept, the option to go for a 100% win that's when things get really, really hard for me even on easy.

The main problem I have is after I have about 70% of the map, I can't stop the revolts. They pop up everywhere and they just keep getting more and more intense and frequent as the game goes on. Pretty soon the revolvers are beating me and they are impossible to stop!

Just wondering if I'm wrong in saying that it is impossible to get a 100% win (I'm playing the Italians on the early map)... if it's not impossible how the heck do you guys do it? I find it impossible!

thx for any help...

[Strike For The South]

It is not impossible. I have only done it on occasion but that was mostly due to lack of attention span rather than poor playing. I find my biggest problem as I progressed was that I only was focusing on a few quality troop producing provinces while everything else was for commerce or left to rot. As you get more and more land you need more troops so focus on building up infrastructure and pump out troops as much as possible dont stop!

Oh and a navy moving troops quickly is key

One more thing Tax rates and influence I suspect by 70% you can afford to set the "Very Low" option if so do it, and make sure your King isnt some weak kneed yes man...Get those crowns up!

This help?

[bozewolf]

It's sure possible but if takes a bit of determination to actually finish the game, heh.

Revolts are indeed annoying once you become big.

- Often enough you'll be raking in enough money to afford low tax settings. Do so, it will help to delay the revolts at the very least.
- The revolts, though rich in numbers, still tend to be peasants. Have a decent fighting contingent in each province (nothing fancy, anything better than peasants really) to crush those optimistic peasants when they do revolt.
- Have a lot of ships. Theyre invaluable for logistics.


The thing is you can't really do anything about the revolts. You can do everything in your power to minimize them, but they *will* happen anyway. It's the game's way of trying one last time to ruin your empire before you claim "teh victory".

[jadast]

The worst ones sem to be the multi stack re-emergences with high tech troops in the center of my empire. With only garrison type troops in the surrounding provinces I lose many and it takes quite a while to remove front line troops and march across to quell the revolts. It does add a challenge and makes things very interesting.

[caravel]

It's popularly known as the "bloat effect" and it's best to prepare for it before you get to the 60% mark. You should have happy buildings (e.g. church/mosque, watchtowers, town watch, brothel) in every province, especially those further from your faction leader and those with low base happiness, and a high valour spy in every province also. Holding tab shift before you end every turn will show you the state of the happiness of your provinces at a glance. Any in the red need to have their taxes reduced. Provincial happiness, referred to as "loyalty" on the info parchment for the province, needs to be at 120%+ for a given province or faction reappearances may occur.

[seireikhaan]

Lots of happy buildings, low taxes, and big armies when you get to the 60% mark. Like others stated, keep the king/emperor/sultan/grand duke/grand prince in a nice landlocked province where he can't be separated from most of your empire. And keep a horde of assassins on hand to whack off any deranged, inbred, "howling at the moon" sons who might pop up and ruin your royal line.

EDIT: and keep the Papal States for last; their incessant rebellion will only be a hindrance.