u/Beep1349

How long does your campaigns usually last? For a normal Han faction, it usually takes me 100-120 turns before getting emperor and the 95 counties.

However, after trying a bandit faction under Zheng Jiang, I’m at 185 and I still haven’t reached emperor. Liu Bei has already reached king and established his emperor seat. Wu is about to do the same.

I still don’t know how bandit commanderies are built. I’m following the general advice of building tall in 3 county and harbor commanderies. The issue isn’t income as I receiving 50k per turn through tributes, but prestige. I don’t know why but, it feels like I should be Bandit Queen rank (king equivalent) based on the amount of land owned. I own 79 counties and the all China north of the yellow but can’t expand without the other half declaring war. Any tips to speed it up without fighting 10+ factions at once?

I have recruited Jia Xu in literally every campaign but I still have no idea how to use hidden strike. So far I have only used it in giving him stalk for 30 seconds. Is this an anti general ability or used against units. Same for targeted strike that is found in Zhang Fei and bandit vanguards. It replaces flames of the phoenix so should I use it in the same way?

In a recent play though I got Mulu’s elephant. What does the gore ability do? Stomp seems to be an AoE attack similar to flames of the phoenix and trumpet is a morale debuff like roar of the beast.

I have a decent amount of hours in the game but I’m still confused on how the exact mechanics of spy and satisfaction work.

I understand the basics of satisfaction management, (high authority leaders, items, titles, relationships, and positions) but how do I get rid of the satisfaction loss that comes from recent events. They often occur after I extract a spy. I tend to use spying to obtain unique characters so I discredit both characters and factions. However these negative effects don’t disappear after the spy joins my faction. Any potential fixes?

I’m also confused on what determines which targets are available. For example, not everyone in the faction can be the target of a discredit action. If want to lower the satisfaction of a specific character, some are unavailable. What causes this?

Edit: Additionally, what causes a character to wiling to be a spy for you. Sometimes it’s below 50 satisfaction but some others never have the option.