Can I expand "too much?"

[Holm]

So I am doing my first campaign ever and I am playing as high elves (Tyrion.)
I play on hard/hard (campaign/battle) since I like the challenge and I struggle just enough for it to be fun.

But I find it hard to balance how many settlements I should be taking in war. So far I have won two wars where I just took all their holdings. (think I have like 9 or 10 settlements total), still relatively early in the game.

I got into another war now and I am starting to wonder if there's any reason not to expand more?
Or should I just eat everyone around me?

[Decomposed]

This is Total War. Kill 'em all.

[Redwolf]

You can kind of expand too quickly to the point where your economy stalls sometimes.
For me this generally happens when I lose a few trade agreements due to making too many wars having made a few new armies to make said wars.

Sometimes is good to chill for 5 or 10 turns to upgrade your newly conquered lands.
Or I sometimes raid a few turns before attacking.

[Sir uP]

Depends on your difficulty level, public order and corruption slow down expansion for sure. But if you arent getting any rebellions and everything is going fine in settlements you captured, keep pushing.

Only risk is opening war on too many fronts (at war with multiple enemies who target you cuz ur the player) so pick a direction and use some diplomacy to stall your other fronts.

[TVMAN]

You can definitely overextend if you start taking provinces without consolidating what you've already taken. Provinces with public order issues and no walls on the settlements make for easy pickings for rebellions and other factions.

[Holm]

Alright so I guess I am doing the right thing: As long as I keep my current settlements happy and try to make sure my other fronts are protected through allies or other treaties then I should just keep pushing! :)

[CH33kY_BrikY]

Originally posted by Holm:

Can I expand "too much?

Too much in Total War? - Never
Too fast? - definetly
- speed of your expansion is only thing you have to keep eye on

[Hidden]

Originally posted by Holm:

So I am doing my first campaign ever and I am playing as high elves (Tyrion.)
I play on hard/hard (campaign/battle) since I like the challenge and I struggle just enough for it to be fun.

But I find it hard to balance how many settlements I should be taking in war. So far I have won two wars where I just took all their holdings. (think I have like 9 or 10 settlements total), still relatively early in the game.

I got into another war now and I am starting to wonder if there's any reason not to expand more?
Or should I just eat everyone around me?

Definitely, this game will actively punish you for conquest, even if it is part of an assigned quest.

which.... doesnt make sense. but neither do half of the mechanics designed to hinder your experience in this game.

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by Holm:

Alright so I guess I am doing the right thing: As long as I keep my current settlements happy and try to make sure my other fronts are protected through allies or other treaties then I should just keep pushing! :)

Exactly this. Always consolidate after expanding, but keep expanding. Just take a look at the long campaign conquest goals and you'll see that you simply have to keep expanding and wiping other factions to get anywhere near those goals.