Especially on the harder difficulty levels, as the TW community can attest to.ĭU - Though I've never completed a Chosokabe game, I played up until I took Osaka castle, but was so overextended in a battle with the Shoni in and around Kyushu that my army in the centre of the map had to hold that castle against three consecutive full stacks. Such is the joys of playing the Fukuoka clan in Fall of the Samurai, but they make for an interesting campaign. That just seems to be the luck of the draw though since second time around the Shogunate faction hasn't gone and had a civil war within a civil war. I would have been fine had the Shogunate faction not fallen to pieces with infighting as they secured many of my borders quite well for me there while the unity lasted. Which then meant I was totally overstretched to face an all out multi-directional assault from all my new Imperial neighbors. The Shogunate Clans had a civil war within a civil war, leading to them being conquered by the nearby Imperialists clans.
Made a great start early on but then things went to shreds as Inception invaded Fall of the Samurai. Sadly did not have much luck in my first campaign as the Shogunate supporting Fukuoka clan, who are one of the hardest clans to survive as early on. So how goes your campaign(s) in Total War: Shogun 2? By they time they arrived that far across Japan they had already all reached Rank 4 or better, and so were quite hardy and decent assassins despite specialism in revolts and faction conversion. Unfortunate for the AI Shogunate clans they couldn't even hope to touch my agents. Realm Divide isn't so tough when you weaken, or exterminate entire clans, with rebel uprisings. Took a bit of steam out of the sails of the Shogunate supporting clans when they had several constant uprisings to deal with. Which reminds me, you should have seen how badly I messed up the eastern Shogunate provinces of Japan with all five of my Ishin Shishi. Not to mention I love how their agent bonus gels with my Ishin Shishi strategy of dividing the enemy and conquering them, or rather the rebels when they take control. The freedom to either expand eastwards further in to Honshu or into Kyushu and the surrounding islands from the beginning opens up quite a few options. The Choshu's clan bonuses and starting location sees them become one of my favourite clans, so far. Well, my friend and I finally managed to finish our Fall of the Samurai co-op long campaign (attempt #2) as Imperialists.