Achievement not received. ''Challenge Accepted''

[Murph]

Hmm, I'm not sure this is posting correctly, trying again.

Anyone else not receiving the 'Challenge accepted' achievement?
I've done it twice now, the 2nd time was even more difficult than the first.
I thought I didn't get the achievement because I chose to 'continue to play'. But I chose 'finish' this time and still didn't receive the achievement. Colossal waste of time. Oh well.

I had to destroy my buildings a few times to survive at 15-20%. barely made it.
1st time, and probably bad stats:
1489 days.
226 buildings
226 pop
360 enemies.
2nd time
1514 days
203 buildings
163 pop
347 enemies.

Some tips: (you can figure out the starting build, its the hardest part)
Keep everything really close.

*I raced to a large church before granary, Didn't upgrade my 1st level buildings till I had barley stored. Note: If you don't have alcohol streaming at level 2 buildings your reputation goes down fast, and accelerates.

*3 markets till 25. (1 food, 1 clothing, 1 firewood)
NEVER EVER replace your market workers early in the game.

***3 barley farms was the key for me and 1 wheat every now and then to give food variance. (1 morgan each)
I early harvested 1 barley farm to keep the drinking going.

*I went with about 70% single homes (no double occupancy) I did not choose professions for the singles.
*THEN demolished most of them 2 at a time and rebuilt them as doubles. for some reason the reputation doesn't like all big homes till later in the game.
*You want to make sure you have the workers, the food resources, and fuel stabilized , AND the cash before demolishing/rebuild as you'll use them for professions. (aside from your vegetable farms and brewery)
3 big vegetable farms.
1 Brewery before blacksmith/ 2 joiners.
You should have your iron ready to smelt. when you start your joiners. early iron smelting isn't necessary, they turn into shields very very quick. Don't forget to turn them off when you have enough!!

**Specc'd deep into hunting. Plow kinda helped. Late game, trading and 50% off to buy extra ale. (went with 1 hunting point the 2nd time)
*I went all spearmen, 24, and 14 retinue which killed all bandits. had 2 full spearmen by the end. Late game I took bandit resources instead of treasury, this was HUGE in upgrading to level 3 burges to finish.
*Churned 2 joiners to make large shields. 1 blacksmith for spears. Then made small shields to sell. (late game). I did not make helmets. don't forget to pause joiners when you need planks for building.

Each round raiders razed my buildings, but never give up. EVER.

How did you guys do it?

[Nazoth112]

Hi,
Had the same problem. I was running Beta and did not get the achievement. Changed back to "normal" build and that solved the problem.