No Civil War

[Kamakazi]

This is Total War!
Win the game having declared war on every faction the turn you encountered them, as well as never negotiating a peace treaty.

[Slaists]

This is Total War!
Win the game having declared war on every faction the turn you encountered them, as well as never negotiating a peace treaty.

does subjugating count as a peace treaty?

[Kamakazi]

s far as I understand any kind of client state or other means does count as peace

[Slaists]

s far as I understand any kind of client state or other means does count as peace

haha, that's too bad. I had that achievement with Napoleon. played as Russia, but liberated all the way (a trade boost). In Napoleon it was possible: liberation did not count as a peace deal.

[Myth]

In Rome 2 I'd just start on the easiest difficulty as Rome and autoresolve my way to victory.

[Kamakazi]

Whats life without a challenge? If im going to get an achievement im going to earn it

[Myth]

If you want challenge you can do your own house rules to increase the difficulty. I personally don't care about achievements, but If I did, i'd go through the shortest and easiest way in getting them.

No one has reported much about Carthage and Epirus thus far, which are supposed to be the hardest factions out there. Well, I think @Slaists tried Epirus a while back. I'm tempted to give them a go on the new patch to see how they perform.

[Slaists]

In Rome 2 I'd just start on the easiest difficulty as Rome and autoresolve my way to victory.

My understanding is that the total-war achievement in RTW 2 is awarded only for legendary difficulty ;)

I might be wrong on that one though.

For a challenge (starting campaign, since there is none in mid-to-late campaign with any faction) I recommend either Carthage (playing as Barcids, which means no trade to speak of) or Epirus. I find Barcids to be harder since Epirus can get trade going once it wins a few of the starting engagements. Barcids on legendary get no trade, period (Nova Carthago and potentially Etruscans are an exception).

There is a caveat to playing as Barcids: for the challenge play I recommend trying to keep all the starting territories (not giving up on neither Sicily nor Spain). This can quickly lead to a cascade of wars which Carthage is hard pressed to finance, LOL.

p.s. funny how they made a historical merchant nation so economically impotent :)

[Kamakazi]

As far as I know there is no difficulty requirement to the total war achievement