

Diplomacy will also be disabled for that faction and it’ll become a battle to the death. I went well over the 100 settlement tally because - against all logic, reason, and normalcy - it took a while before Sean Bean’s character died.Īnyway, once you have an antagonist, you’ll see additional background information via a new panel on the campaign map.

However, if it happens to be a faction that you need to eliminate (for the Homeric Victory), the campaign can turn into a slog or a whack-a-mole session.įor example, in the same campaign as Hector, Odysseus/Ithaca also became my first antagonist faction.

The selection comes from a variety of factors such as betraying a leader, warring with them often, committing atrocities, and the like.Īs mentioned, defeating your first antagonist is one of the requirements for the Total War victory. Instead, the game will select a faction that’ll become your antagonist. No, the entire world won’t suddenly fracture. This feature in Total War Saga: Troy is somewhat akin to Realm Divide ( Shogun 2), Civil War ( Rome 2), or Emperor Declaration ( Three Kingdoms). You can see an example below showing Hector’s Homeric Victory requirements: Achilles, meanwhile, has to reach the level 27 cap. For instance, Agamemnon needs to have 60% or more influence in certain provinces.
