It's just not fun to be in constant war all the time

[Hooahguy]

the concept of turtling, as far as i understand it, is staying put in terms of conquest. all military actions, ie defending trade routes, are defensive. and defending trade routes isnt so important. mine are raided quite often and still im making about 10k per turn, mostly through trade.

[Quickening]

the concept of turtling, as far as i understand it, is staying put in terms of conquest. all military actions, ie defending trade routes, are defensive. and defending trade routes isnt so important. mine are raided quite often and still im making about 10k per turn, mostly through trade.

Exactly. But the objective in a Total War game is to conquer territory and if you just turtle, you can certainly survive but the turns will eventually run out. This is why I think the Total War games should have other objectives like the winner being the nation with the most points after a certain time period. The games may be called "Total War" but it's clear they have moved away from it simply being a game about blitzing. Thankfully.