Shogun 2 LP

[Sergeant Dull]

Anyone interested in me doing a blind LP of Shogun 1 2? You guys know I'm interested in the Total War series, but I've not played the first one, Shogun (for a clear reason). My friend is adamant that it's worth a play and is oddly similar yet different to the recent Shogun 2. So I'm willing to give this a shot, and let you guys get involved by letting you influence my actions in the game.

Anyone interested in dominating Japan with me? (not in shogun 1)

Videos
#00 - Gettin' into the swing of things
#01 - A well planned start...
#02 - Big, Furry, Horny Helmet

Clans

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Chosokabe (Cho-So-Kah-Bay)
- Specialise in Archers
- Increased income from farms
- Daikyu Samurai - Archers, longer range higher accuracy and fire damage.

Shimazu (Shi-Mah-Zoo)
- Specialise in Katana Samurai
- Increased Loyalty for Generals
- Heavy Gunners - Huge Muskets

Hattori (Hah-Tory)
- Hattori Units have Kisho training
- Bonus to Ninja Actions' Success
- Bandit Archers - Hide anywhere, Shoot whilst hidden

Date (Dah-tay)
- Specialise in No-Dachi Samurai
- Charge Bonus for all Units
- Bullet-Proof Samurai - Extreme Armour

Hojo (Hoe-Joe)
- Specialise in Siege Units
- Build superior, cheaper castles
- Hand Mortars, explode walls... or men

Mori (More-Ee)
- Specialise in Ships/Navy
- Wako Raiders, Rabid pirates armed with swords...

Oda (Oh-da)
- Bonuses to Ashigaru/Peasant Units
- Long-Yari Ashigaru, Cavalry mean nothing to the point of a long spear

Takeda (Tah-Kay-Dah)
- Specialise in Cavalry
- Fire Cavalry, Fast, good against cavalry, good against infantry

Tokugawa (Toe-Koo-Gah-Wah)
- Superior Kisho Ninja
- Bonus to Diplomatic Relations
- Bonus to Metsuke Actions' Success
- Mounted Gunners, Guns on horseback, hit and run...

Uesugi (Ooh-Eh-Soo-Gee)
- Superior Warrior Monks
- Increased Trade Income
- Bonus to Monk Actions' Success
- Marathon Monks, religious fervour fuels fast movement and resistance to fatigue

Ikko Ikki (Ikk-Oh Ikk-Eee)
- Superior Warrior Monks
- Generals convert provinces to Ikko-faith
- Large Ashigaru Units, weak, high morale
- Cannot recruit Metsuke
- Marathon Monks, religious fervour fuels fast movement and resistance to fatigue


Hope this gets you interested, lots of cool types of units and clans and styles of playing. I'll go into a little more.

Religion

Shinto-Buddhism - The accepted norm religion, most provinces begin as fully Shinto-Buddhist...
Christianity - Introduced when European Traders first landed at Japan, early guns, extreme conversion rates and bonuses for taking the risky route, and being public enemy number one... or second to...
Ikko-ism - Offshoot of the accepted Buddhism, radical, and a lot of religious fervour fuelling the followers, extreme conversion rates, unique monk traits and special Warrior Monks, you'll get on everyone else's nerves and the Ikko Ikki are the only followers of this religion. Allies hard to come by...

Agents

Ninja - Assassin, Saboteur, Spy...
Metsuke - The Daimyo's Secret Police, can bribe armies and castle-towns, apprehend enemy agents and have them jailed or executed, little escapes their sight, even Ninjas or...
Monks/Missionary - Converts populations, converts enemy agents, demoralises enemy armies, inspire friendly armies, oversee settlements...
Geisha - They will kill you... somehow

Other terms
Shogun - Warlord ruler of all Japan
Daimyo - Warlord/Leader or Ruler of a Clan
General - Leader of an army under a Daimyo's rule
Samurai - The military créme, well trained, difficult to waver
Ashigaru - Peasants, usually toiling the ground, but by no means lack military expertise. Great fighters in their own right, back bone of a starting army.
Katana - Sword most are familiar with, great for close-quarter combat
No-Dachi - Long defensive Sword, great for charging
Yari - Spear, great against cavalry
Naginata - Pole arm with a sword-like blade at the end, both effective close-quarters and against cavalry
Yumi - Bow, for whittling down the foe before directly engaging
Kisho - Training allowing units to execute their roles with extreme stealth

[somebody probably]

I look forward to this conquering of Japan. Moreover, I look forward to Ikko Ikki dominating Japan because they have a funny name and a weird religion. Hopefully.

[Oberstleutnant Insipid]

While your phonetic transcriptions are...technically correct, they still make me cringe.

[Naem]

Maybe it's just because I've barely woken up, but Hoe-Joe is making me grin.

[Sergeant Dull]

Sept 4, 2011 16:56:30 GMT 10 Oberstleutnant Insipid said:

While your phonetic transcriptions are...technically correct, they still make me cringe.

They had to be idiot proof and my test subject was Lightnix ._.

I'll also add the Ikko Ikki are a DLC clan, and the Hattori are a limited edition clan I got from pre-order, but thanks to the Sengoku Jidai DLC all the clans have a crazy cool Unit. All the special units mentioned are badass in their own way. Feel free to ask me about anything in the first post if it needs explaining.

Also click on the clan mons/icons for more in depth clan scenario descriptions


Also @ Lightnix - Any clan can convert to Christianity and be hated by the rest of Japan, so the religious awkward can be achieved by anyone, it's just htat the Ikko start with it.


Edit: Interesting 5 way tie here, hopefully the votes will show a clear winner. I see that Guns, Armour, Ninjas, actual History and dicking me over (Lightnix) has played a role in the voting so far.

[Sergeant Dull]

you guys are trollin me

[Admiral Mundane]

I vote Hojo because it's the triforce. I didn't even read any of them. Oh fine I'll read them. Shimazu! HUGE GUNS!

[Neo // Racing Stripe A/V]

Bullet-proof samurai? Date it be.

[Interrobang Pie]

Huh?

[Sergeant Dull]

Sept 10, 2011 6:27:53 GMT 10 Interrobang Pie said:

Huh?

Is there a problem?

[Interrobang Pie]

What is this.

[Sergeant Dull]

First video is up, I ran into a few problems that resulted in my lack of... paying attention. But all is well, 3rd play-through started up and it ran smoothly, with a guest commentator! Thing's usually tend to start a little slow but I made sure that it wouldn't be the case this time, so enjoy the intro, further footage will be up soon!

[TimberWolf]

Good start.

[Sergeant Dull]

SORRY ABOUT THE DELAYS GUYS ME AND CAPTAIN BLAND WERE OUT UNTIL VERY LATE THIS NIGHT BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME AND WE'RE SOMEWHAT SAFE SO ALL IS GOOD NORMAL PROCEEDINGS SHALL CONTINUE

[Sergeant Dull]

New video is finally up. I've decided to render in a higher quality, I don't mind that it takes longer but it definitely looks better. Also will probably capitalise on University internets and their mad upload speeds. So, I will start rendering all them videos again and all will be fluid soon.

#01 - youtu.be/fYoVbPQ2JvY