Post by mataeus on Aug 21, 2014 5:04:45 GMT -5
Edit: Finally got it in the 26th year of play 
Original post:
The 'Hand of Shalun' achievement is bloody impossible! I've spent 22 years and over a thousand turns trying to get three alliances. No matter how agressive my strategy and how many treaties I try to push through, something always happens to screw it up.
I only managed to get three Trade Alliances together at the 20 year mark. Whether it's just 'an alliance has ended' or 'a new spy battle has started', the turn over is just too fast for me to get three simultaneous alliances. I've had two alliances and a trade alliance, which was interrupted with 'a spy battle has started' (due to only being able to have three treaties in play at once as there are only three factions / clans). I've then built it back up just to have them randomly end... The worst part is, when an alliance / trade alliance ends, it doesn't drop down to the previous level, I.e. an alliance becomes a trade alliance, or a trade alliance becomes a trade route. It just wipes it out completely... So an alliance just becomes nothing! And you build up the relations again from scratch.
So yes. Whether the achievement itself is difficult, or the game play surrounding it needs more balancing, it's driving me barmy!
I'd be interested to know if anyone has achieved this and unlocked the achievement, and has any tips to do so. As of right now I'm back down to one alliance and one spy battle
Edit: could this be moved to tips and techniques please? It's in the bug section ATM. Thank you
Original post:
The 'Hand of Shalun' achievement is bloody impossible! I've spent 22 years and over a thousand turns trying to get three alliances. No matter how agressive my strategy and how many treaties I try to push through, something always happens to screw it up.
I only managed to get three Trade Alliances together at the 20 year mark. Whether it's just 'an alliance has ended' or 'a new spy battle has started', the turn over is just too fast for me to get three simultaneous alliances. I've had two alliances and a trade alliance, which was interrupted with 'a spy battle has started' (due to only being able to have three treaties in play at once as there are only three factions / clans). I've then built it back up just to have them randomly end... The worst part is, when an alliance / trade alliance ends, it doesn't drop down to the previous level, I.e. an alliance becomes a trade alliance, or a trade alliance becomes a trade route. It just wipes it out completely... So an alliance just becomes nothing! And you build up the relations again from scratch.
So yes. Whether the achievement itself is difficult, or the game play surrounding it needs more balancing, it's driving me barmy!
I'd be interested to know if anyone has achieved this and unlocked the achievement, and has any tips to do so. As of right now I'm back down to one alliance and one spy battle
Edit: could this be moved to tips and techniques please? It's in the bug section ATM. Thank you
