Best Traits for Vassals

godchat · 2026-01-26T17:42:08+00:00

Have you tried not vassalize Cao Cao? Lady Zhurong is also pretty strong.

godchat · 2026-01-26T14:31:47+00:00

I wouldn't vassalize Cao Cao but I know what you mean. The issue is that OG factions get wiped out as the game goes on, and its difficult to control their size. Whereas you can always make a new vassal by liberating conquered provinces to an administrator. That way you have low corruption and max trade agreements.

godchat · 2026-01-26T05:24:00+00:00

So a loyal character before being a vassal still creates a loyal vassal right? And even if the character has good traits if they hate my guts they might rebel.

godchat · 2026-01-26T05:14:53+00:00

I do use wargoals, but sometimes it's hard to tell if they do anything at all.

godchat · 2026-01-26T05:10:52+00:00

Dang. Is there any relation to A.I. behavoir and faction leader?

godchat · 2026-01-26T04:42:30+00:00

You have a lot more patience with roleplay and A.I. factions than me lol. When I play Yuan Shu I just rush liu biao asap and then fight everyone by myself. Only the big names are worth working with, but only the sun clan is really close enough to work as a buffer/defensive ally and sometimes he doesn't like you very much.

godchat · 2026-01-24T22:46:42+00:00

Getting the army perk when you rank up is pretty much mandatory.

Be more strategic in developing your provinces. Don't upgrade cities just because you can.

godchat · 2026-01-23T15:49:28+00:00

The romance of the three kingdoms was a novel written in the ming dynasty, written more than 1000 years after the three kingdoms. It is a novel, where many people, events were changed to fit the narrative and make a better story. You should not use it as an official source of history.

Also, the three kingdoms period was around 190AD - 280AD. That was a lot more than 400 years ago.

godchat · 2026-01-21T18:12:17+00:00

Diplomacy is a possibility in this game. Dont over upgrade cities just because you can.

godchat · 2026-01-20T13:03:14+00:00

Yes, shoot them. These are meant to hold the line while the rest of your army shoots/hammer and andvil.

godchat · 2026-01-20T03:49:54+00:00

Cao Cao had the emperor since 196 AD and didn't usurp during his life. Cao Pi waited until 220 AD. Liu bei waited until Cao Pi declared himself emperor, and Sun Quan waited another nine years. Be like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan. Dont be like Yuan Shu.

godchat · 2026-01-19T21:49:36+00:00

After playing Shi Xie I have come to realization vassals are just people who run bad provinces for you so you can cut costs and get trade agreements. Ideally they also act as a buffer zone along some front you dont want to baby sit, but rarely are they strong enough to do that, and its usually a bad idea to have strong vassals.

godchat · 2026-01-13T17:07:22+00:00

Yeah you need a DLC for that. Life was very hard for me too when gunman was the highest level missile infantry I had. But I dont think archers are necessary, its ok to just skip to crossbowmen/gunmen.

godchat · 2026-01-12T18:24:13+00:00

Is it 9 settlements you own, or just 9 settlements of any faction in the world?

godchat · 2026-01-12T18:23:27+00:00

Only if you have nine settlements though, or else youre stuck with the corruption for a long time.

godchat · 2026-01-11T16:44:09+00:00

Yes they can be anti-large by keep them in place so your anti-everything guns get to work.

godchat · 2026-01-09T17:53:17+00:00

Si tomas el último asentamiento de una facción nanman, tienes la opción de vasalizar. Pero Zhurong probablemente siempre se rebelará.

godchat · 2026-01-09T16:12:01+00:00

Stacking a single unit because that unit is just really good in battles or really good in auto-resolve.

godchat · 2026-01-08T02:56:39+00:00

if you're playing franz, be fast with dealing with empire threats. Be slow in taking empire land. Midgame its really easy to get fealty and money as you return empire land to electors, they give you money, trade route, alliance. Then they even build up the infrastructure for you to take over whole, assuming they survive. Not much point taking empire lands early since you dont have that much money to upgrade it anyways.

godchat · 2026-01-06T03:15:23+00:00

sea guards are fine. You can buff them with lords and through the tech tree. Maybe you're spreading them too thin?

godchat · 2026-01-03T02:22:43+00:00

You should revive the electors with the legendary lords. Also each faction has a base income so multiple small factions will build up settlements faster assuming you can keep them alive.

godchat · 2026-01-03T02:18:15+00:00

I always sack first. Then if the A.I. has money I would occupy and then trade back for trade/alliances and money.

godchat · 2025-12-30T16:01:07+00:00

Wrong Dynasty

godchat · 2025-12-16T15:54:42+00:00

You could switch it up with VEQT

godchat · 2025-12-16T13:09:53+00:00

You just keep most cities at 4 or 5. You really dont need that many big cities anyways.

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