mercenary achievement

[giovanni]

is the mercenary achivement still bugged?
its the last one left for me to get but i can never get it
tried so many things : not getting the explorer dog
not getting military units from treasures or native
not getting outpost or fort
not having the explorer hit anything (i use mercenaries to kill the guardians)

but i collect herdables when i come accross them or from treasures, do they count?
i do a mix of mercenary shipment and saloon/tavern and YES they are mercenaries, not outlaws. they got the tag

still nothing

[.:Jj:.]

Don't use any unit shipments, don't use any sources of units, whatever they are. You never know what bugs/tags might be associated with that tech and the process of spawning these units.

The achievement description is clear: Do not ever control any military units other than mercenaries trained at the Saloon.
Trained at the Saloon. Shipment is not a saloon.
The saloon is available only to US/Mexico.

On easiest difficulty and with a handicap, and treaty if you have to, only train units from that building, and of course vills from TC.

but i collect herdables when i come accross them or from treasures, do they count?
Herdables are not military units.

[giovanni]

ive read people getting it from only training black riders as the swede (didn't work)
otheres that recommend to only use shipment cards and not the tavern/saloon
and you said the opposite
its confusing

[.:Jj:.]

People write many things, and things change with time. It might have been bugged then, it might be bugged now, there's no way to check that once you have it. If it was glitching in the past, by now it ought to be fixed and again- the description is clear when it comes to requirements.

Build a Saloon, not a tavern (even if it counts, names changed because of the DLCs) and train military units just from there. To be extra sure, try focusing only on one unit, and if it doesn't work- try the next one.
On the easiest difficulty, one game takes little time.

[giovanni]

just so you know, the "Do not ever control any military units other than mercenaries trained at the Saloon."
is NOT the achivement description. its the thing written in the fanguide here
the description is "win a skirmish game with only mercenaries units"

[giovanni]

anyway, surprisingly, it worked

but its very difficult since most age up with the US delivers military units and they have VERY few mercenary
in fact, im starting to think that unit upgrade shipments, including for the hero, is counted as a new military unit

builder wagons don't count
using cheats is allowed

[Zulu]

Originally posted by .:Jj:.:

Don't use any unit shipments, don't use any sources of units, whatever they are. You never know what bugs/tags might be associated with that tech and the process of spawning these units.

The achievement description is clear: Do not ever control any military units other than mercenaries trained at the Saloon.
Trained at the Saloon. Shipment is not a saloon.
The saloon is available only to US/Mexico.

On easiest difficulty and with a handicap, and treaty if you have to, only train units from that building, and of course vills from TC.

but i collect herdables when i come accross them or from treasures, do they count?
Herdables are not military units.

I got it as the Dutch using the tavern. It wasnt too difficult and i got the achievement first time.

[Evreux]

é continua bugado - still bugged

[bebe2803]

try 2vs1 hard AI (set bonus for your team AI to play safe), build no unit except settlers and a few merc, and do nothing except building economy with your settler, let AI win the game for you

[Evreux]

Originally posted by bebe2803:

try 2vs1 hard AI (set bonus for your team AI to play safe), build no unit except settlers and a few merc, and do nothing except building economy with your settler, let AI win the game for you

I try, but not works, tanks.

[giovanni]

Originally posted by Evreux:

Originally posted by bebe2803:

try 2vs1 hard AI (set bonus for your team AI to play safe), build no unit except settlers and a few merc, and do nothing except building economy with your settler, let AI win the game for you

I try, but not works, tanks.

me, like i said earlier, managed to get it in 1vs 1 using the US, if you got the dlc
but yeah, this achievement got so many hidden details that its ludicrous

[Evreux]

Originally posted by giovanni:

Originally posted by Evreux:

I try, but not works, tanks.

me, like i said earlier, managed to get it in 1vs 1 using the US, if you got the dlc
but yeah, this achievement got so many hidden details that its ludicrous

I find the way here:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198105176507/posthistory/

in the tycoon mode

[giovanni]

Originally posted by Evreux:

I find the way here:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198105176507/posthistory/

in the tycoon mode

i don't think you linked well
it only sends to your comment history