Is the "Whatever the price...I'll beat it!" Achievement bugged?

[Labyrinth2 0]

I played so many skirmish rounds by not touching the explorer and only creating units from the Tavern. Used mercenary units, defeat the enemy, win, and still not get the achievement. Any help?

UPDATE: I GOT IT, THANK YOU!!

[Narcissistic Cannibal]

Mercenaries are those units sent by cards, not trained in the saloon.

[Gandling]

You can make mercenary units out of the saloon for the achievement, but you have make sure you only recruit the 'mercenary' tagged units, if you make any of the outlaw units you wont get it.

[Nooberd]

I just tried a variety of methods to get this. I was only able to earn the achievement when I built a mercenary unit from the saloon. Even avoiding pets and never having a non-mercenary or outlaw unit ever on the map (only buying shipments), I failed to achieve this when just buying merc shipments. In my successful game, I played Dutch, bought fusilier, bosniak, and lil bombards from the saloon, and sent the lil bombards shipment at age 4 (though I'm pretty sure they never destroyed a unit because the AI surrendered before they got into battle). I played on moderate difficulty with no other special conditions, and ended the game with 60 settlers.

A few things that might have prevented me from getting it in other games included pets (though I did successfully avoid them and still not trigger the achievement), building an outpost (which I intended to use as a shipment point), and not training / killing something with a unit from the saloon.

[Master Saber]

I've been having difficulty with this achievement. Both using cards and saloon mercs only. Went with the Black Rider merc strategy all the time as Swedes vs Incas and couldn't get it.

Tried with and without cheats. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. How did y'all get it?

[Labyrinth2 0]

Mercenary cards only, no tavern/saloon.

[Master Saber]

Originally posted by Labyrinth2 0:

Mercenary cards only, no tavern/saloon.

Thank you! I was able to do it using Sweden's Age IV: (oo) Hire Highland Merc Army card!

[Ash//Fox]

Originally posted by Labyrinth2 0:

Mercenary cards only, no tavern/saloon.

That's not true, I got it only with units from tavern; but some units do and don't count from tavern.

[Catalytic]

Originally posted by Narcissistic Cannibal:

Mercenaries are those units sent by cards, not trained in the saloon.

Originally posted by Labyrinth2 0:

Mercenary cards only, no tavern/saloon.

This isn't accurate. The tavern/saloon/monastery will give access to outlaws and mercs. It's important to know which is which. You may train mercs, but cannot train outlaws. Usually, it's those first 2 options that are outlaws.