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    Re: Rogue Armies you've encountered

    I had a rogue faction that took over the entire northern africa. The name is called Jarrod's expedition or something. It has 13 grail knights! It attacks me in a desert terran. I corner camped...
  2. Re: Struggling as Empire in Grand Campaign battles.

    I found a way to do well as empire in grand campaign with a cheap army. I can actually go toe to toe against a full of chaos with my mostly first tier units, and this allows me to get several stacks...
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    Re: Empire Army Templates

    Hi,

    Can someone gives an empire template for an army against Norska and Chaos? I don't have trouble against vampires but i found Norska to be really tough, and now they tend to have mostly...
  4. Re: VC - Black Knight vs Blood Knight vs Hexwraith

    I don't even know how to use hexwraiths. i have noticed that they have bad stats but their attacks are AP and have 80% physical damage mitigation. due to their crappy stats, I don't know what to...
  5. Re: Is there a reliable way to get rid of bad traits?

    I have no clue why I picked up bad traits. For example, my dwarf lords get "like Greenskins" trait. I was like WTF. Bethalthar Gelt gets "dishonest" trait which gives -5% to province income. I...
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    Re: Volkmar in the campaign

    With Volkmar as starting legendary lord, you can recruit level 20 warrior priest. Without him, you can recruit level 18 warrior priest. Considering how easy it is to construct buildings, I...
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    Re: How do I enjoy Warhammer?

    If the game is too easy, set yourself some restrictions such as playing legendary while accomplishing all the accomplishments in steam playing legendary. You can also try various challenges. Awhile...
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    Re: annoyed by Vampire Counts campaign

    I use a different strategy. If you attack the orcs early, you can be friends with dwarf and border princes. that friendship lasts a long time as long as the green skins are allowed to be a menace. ...
  9. Re: Legendary level AI bonuses are disproportioned and Needs to be FIXED!

    There are many people saying legendary is still too easy. The things is, other than the cheats and bonuses out of no where, the AI is still not very good and very predictable.
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    Re: annoyed by Vampire Counts campaign

    VC campaign is actually a lot of fun, but I only feel like finishing the short campaign which is wiping out chaos and empire. The long campaign is tedious as the empire and dwarf are two completely...
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    Re: Cavalry Overpowered?

    Still, what you described don't seem right.

    I don't think AI cavalry has greater ability than human cavalry.

    What is your faction? If you play as dwarf, use slayers. Otherwise, use...
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    Re: Cavalry Overpowered?

    why don't we go back to Shogun 2 where cavalry feels weak and totally useless against AI as AI builds nothing but spearmen ashigaru and spear samurai. (sarcasm)

    If the cavalry is OP, why don't...
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    Re: Are 'Empire Knights' useless?

    After having some experience, i agree that empire knights are bad. Reikguards although slightly more expensive is a much better unit. Reikguard has much better staying power, and the charge is...
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    Re: How to use battle priest? (empire campagin)

    After having more experience, I agree that warrior priest is a really unit. However, like all heroes in this game, they are totally worthless in low levels. A battle priest is a beast during combat...
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    Re: Advice on Empire campagn.

    This forum does not seem to active. But anyways. I played empire campaign several times past turn 150. It seems to me that going straight to eliminate the vampires is the way to go. Bothering the...
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    How to use battle priest? (empire campagin)

    My battle priests are useless in combat. Also, I don't know whether there is a bug or not but my priest does not seem to increase the population growth of a province when you put the skill point.
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  17. Re: How do I catch a horde going through my territory

    The ambush stance thing works in choke points but does not work in wide open spaces like Midland / Northland for example. You need witchhunter to block army. However, even if I block army...
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    Re: Advice on Empire campagn.

    That's actually okay. The penalty is only temporary. I confederate as much as possible in early game when I need money. But once Chaos hits, I don't confederate because I need all the AI's alive...
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    Newbie Question about preparation for Chaos

    I don't live in the West and have zero knowledge about warhammer and the warhammer lore prior to playing this. I played my first campaign and was totally caught off guard by Chaos. In turn 22, I...
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    Re: Advice on Empire campagn.

    Hello, I am a newbie here. I have lots of problems with empire campaign.

    (1). I have Dwarven Thane and Empire Captains sabotaging my facilities and armies from two factions that declare war on...
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    Re: Cannon ships nerfed (S2)?

    Historically speaking, cannons do not sink ships. The ships are made of wood. Putting a few holes on the side won't make it sink. To really sink it, they have to use fire to burn the ship down.
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    Re: Should I try Shogun 2?

    DON'T DO IT!!! This game is addictive like crack. I fell behind in school. I spent so much time on it playing every single clans and trying all different difficulties.. I wish I never have...
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    Re: Retraining for Upgrades?

    you can't train for upgrade, but you can merge units. I can't remember how that works, but I heard the rumor that the armor or experience can be merged into another unit.

    Personally, I simply...
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    Re: Veteran Upgrades

    Some of them are definitely worth it, but it depends on your style and overall tactics. For me, I like moral and melee defense. Moral damage can be more devastating than physical damage.
  25. Re: I don't understand why everyone loves shogun 2...

    not everyone cares about unity diversity, otherwise nobody would play chess, since it hardly has any unit diversity and pieces from both sides are the same.
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    Re: Best way to use Kisho Ninja?

    I think i figured it out!

    You put them in single line formation (45 width x 1 height or 60x1), depending on your battle size.

    Start using them only after the skirmish phase is over. They are...
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    Re: Purpose of the Heavy Shimazu Gunners?

    I was wondering about the same thing actually. Heavy gunners have less men than regular matchlock samurai, but the stats are the same. When the heavy gunner was first implemented, any one of their...
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    Re: Just got Shogun2

    I don't like any of the mods, but I haven't tried realism mod. The original with all the DLC's is nice enough. I don't feel that any of the mods improve things except to make them different.

    I...
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    Re: All Ashigaru Army definitely works

    No doubt. Also samurais are funner to play than plain old ashigaru. However, if you play very hard or even legendary, it can be comforting to know that you don't actually need any samurai. ...
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    Re: All Ashigaru Army definitely works

    Some people also run all ashigaru army, and then overwelm their opponent by having 2 stacks gang up on 1 stack and do auto-calc. This is NOT what I am writing about. This is about using one full...
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    All Ashigaru Army definitely works

    My all Ashigaru army goes toes to toes with AI all samurai army which is backed by 5 star general and totally crush them.

    Basically, you need to max out spear line, get matchlock ashigaru, get 1...
  32. Master Weaponsmith vs. Master Armorer re-visited

    This has been debated to death.

    It has been said that it depends on one's playing style, but I think it doesn't. It is unit specific.

    +5 armor on a Katana Samurai makes it indestrutable such...
  33. Re: I don't understand why everyone loves shogun 2...

    Yeah, this one sucks, but I am not sure if it is a bug though. Some people complained that if the archer cannot see, then archer should not be able to fire. I have read in a post where someone...
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    Building Yari Ashigaru from hell

    I found a formula that works really well.

    research sojutsu mastery will get you a rank 4 yari ashigaru. I found weapon smith coupled with +2 melee encampment works better than maximum armor.
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  35. Re: I don't understand why everyone loves shogun 2...

    The vanilla shogun 2 is very polished, bug free, and fairly balanced, except for siege engines

    some people don't like paper rock scissors, but it's perfect for multiplayers.

    It's my favorite...
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    Kisho Ninja is awesome!!!

    I just started playing again after taking a long break from video gaming. I never used Kisho Ninja and decided to get it as early as possible and found out that it is totally OP.

    I use it...
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    Re: Armies--How Big by When?

    I never played lower difficulty but always hard or hardest.

    I do ashigaru spam in the very beginning. I try to get a full stack of yari ashigaru and charge them. You need the coverage of two...
  38. Re: The one thing that makes Shogun 2 more enjoyable for me...

    You're nuts. everyone i know said it is a terrible movie. and don't actually watch that movie with someone japanese since you're likely to get an ear full about everything that has gone wrong in...
  39. Re: I really need tips on naval aspect of this game

    If you play it out and don't autocalc, you don't need 2 stacks. You just need one stack of 10 ships with medium bunes mixed with sendoku bunes and bow kobayas. Lead with medium bune, send bow...
  40. Re: Question About Legendary Building's First to Build Bonuses

    I think the legendary building bonus is bugged. Sometimes I build something and didn't get a bonus that I suppose to get. Later on I send my ninja everywhere to see if the AI has built it first but...
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