Originally Posted by
Xatham
Before Empire, gunners would never ever be useful, because they only ever got 1-2 shots in before clashing.
But there is a reason why people used guns so massively. Partly because recruitement in real life is not only dependant on money, sure, but you'd think that if gunners could only inflict small casualties before contact, the Daimyos would have invested in spearmen, not gunners.
What, in your opinion, would be more balanced?
Also, Naginata may be all about balance, but in this era gunners are armor-piercing, so that won't help them much. Faster units able to get to the walls faster might do it?