I have been wondering about something, and admittedly it's really trivial and pointless, but I was thinking about the clans like Ikko and Otomo, the ones that were added through DLC. I'm assuming that before the DLC came out, there were different clans occupying those provinces? Or were the DLC clans already in the game but as minor clans thus not playable? I don't know why but I really want to know. Does anyone remember?...

I literally just give up at that point, theres Nothing my absolutely mediocre skill at unit management can do against like 20+ ashigaru of several types + samurai. I have a large army, just not.. large enough to deal with whatever this is or tank deaths from 6+ Bow Ashigaru units I always get stuck with chosokabe against miyoshi due to this (Do AI just.. have infinite money?) they have 1 province...

Thinking on a Steam Guide outlining options for campaign strategy (not battle tactics) Example: Blobbing Strategy “Territorial expansion is favoured over territorial development” Style: Opportunistic and Aggressive Pros: Cheap. Rapid expansion and resource acquisition Cons: Hard to defend gains. Invites wars on multiple, thinly defended fronts Others that come to mind: Fortress Empire, Defence in Depth, Buffer States Got any more like this?...

https://www.reddit.com/r/totalwar/comments/1ofowi9/shogun_2_players_learning_that_leaderless_armies/ AI hoaxes?

The film gave off the impression that the emperor was the one trying to modernize japan and invite western powers in, eventually won, and kicked off the meiji restoration period, which was basically an industrial revolution speedrun, and the samurai clans were the ones resisting. But in the FotS intro it says it was the Shogunate, not the emperor, who opened up Japan to outsiders and this caused resentment and those unhappy with this rallied behind the emperor to help him take back power and lead the coun...