el_bandito
Legionary
posted 01-18-14 01:52 PM
EDT (US)
1 / 7
You have to be far more powerful than them for them to accept a confederation. Perhaps if you expand first a bit and then come back to them for confederation offer...alternatively you can just declare war on them, beat the snot outta their armies, besiege their settlement and then offer peace in exchange for confederation. Works.
EJay
Legionary
(id: EmperorJay)
posted 01-19-14 06:15 AM
EDT (US)
2 / 7
To add, the barbarians can only add tribes with 'same blood' to their confederation.
Russian_raider
Legionary
posted 01-29-14 04:21 PM
EDT (US)
6 / 7
the easiest moment to confederate in when a faction loses or is about to lose its last settlement. price tag is roughly the sum of recruitment cost of all their units.
you get not only the settlement but also their armies who are full of weak units you do not need.
so it is way cheaper to conquer the old fashioned way