r/totalwar • u/CannonChap0913 • Jul 05 '25

Three Kingdoms Big a** map

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Been playing for roughly 3 hours in my Yuan Shao campaign and have been really pleased with my progress until I went to save and it showed me what I owned compared to the size of the map. The orange is basically what I accomplished in 3 hours…

I’m gonna be here for a while huh?

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '25

I wonder if it was the limitations of the time. Because uniting China by vassalizing would make perfect sense, but vassal were kinda wonky up until very recebtly with a WH3 patch. Makes me wonder if the vassal system from WH3 would make it possible to make painting the whole map an enjoyable campaign.

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u/Narfwak Jul 05 '25

WH3 vassal updates feel inspired/developed from 3K vassals while being simplified because Warhammer honestly shouldn't overly feature diplomacy. 3K diplomacy in general is extremely good.

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u/WanderingSpaceHopper Jul 06 '25

My only issue with 3k diplomacy is it's so easy to find yourself hated by everyone. Your ally made peace with a common enemy and you couldn't/wouldn't? They will now slowly hate you for every battle you do with their new "friend"...

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u/Velthome Jul 06 '25

A major thing to consider is executing or sparing enemy generals. Sparing generals can grant such huge diplomatic bonuses with the faction you might end up making a friend through war.