Victory condition

[Pumis]

Hey currently doing my first run in this game and playing on legendary. Just checking out am I accurate with my future plan. I'm the stage where we have 3 emperors now. Is it enough that I just take over capital of both of them? And what happens if I take capital of one of them? Will they become vassal or something?

I'm currently about to storm Cao cao's capital that just happens to be next two of my elite stacks.

[RCMidas]

1) Yes, as long as you hold all three of the Imperial Seats (assuming one was already yours) you will win.

2) If you are NOT one of the emperors, taking an Imperial Seat will make you one. If you are one, nothing new happens if this is your second.

3a) Taking an Imperial Seat will make the former owners just another faction. Before you do so, you may want to demand their abdication via diplomacy - if they say yes, you automatically confederate them.

3b) If you LOSE an Imperial Seat to another faction, whether or not they were one of the three big ones earlier, they also claim that they are the rightful emperor. Unless this was the last of the Imperial Seats you held, you will remain an emperor yourself.

[samael75]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

1) Yes, as long as you hold all three of the Imperial Seats (assuming one was already yours) you will win.

2) If you are NOT one of the emperors, taking an Imperial Seat will make you one. If you are one, nothing new happens if this is your second.

3a) Taking an Imperial Seat will make the former owners just another faction. Before you do so, you may want to demand their abdication via diplomacy - if they say yes, you automatically confederate them.

3b) If you LOSE an Imperial Seat to another faction, whether or not they were one of the three big ones earlier, they also claim that they are the rightful emperor. Unless this was the last of the Imperial Seats you held, you will remain an emperor yourself.

1) You wont win by just taking those 3 capitals,you still need required number of provinces.

[RCMidas]

For the Long Victory, yes, otherwise you win by proclaiming yourself the Emperor of the Three Kingdoms in the Short Victory.

[Ashantai]

You need 95 counties too, either directly or via allies/vassals/subjects.

Counties are the sub parts of a commandary.

[Pumis]

Originally posted by RCMidas:

1) Yes, as long as you hold all three of the Imperial Seats (assuming one was already yours) you will win.

2) If you are NOT one of the emperors, taking an Imperial Seat will make you one. If you are one, nothing new happens if this is your second.

3a) Taking an Imperial Seat will make the former owners just another faction. Before you do so, you may want to demand their abdication via diplomacy - if they say yes, you automatically confederate them.

3b) If you LOSE an Imperial Seat to another faction, whether or not they were one of the three big ones earlier, they also claim that they are the rightful emperor. Unless this was the last of the Imperial Seats you held, you will remain an emperor yourself.

Damn.. So I have no reason to storm Cao cao's capital... though I could just sack it for profit.