No Christianity?

[Hyzoran]

I was playing as the Ikko Ikki and I noticed, I was the only non-Buddhist clan. Its about turn 50, and Christianity was never introduced to my clan and none of the clans have converted. Is this a bug?

[Elitewolf]

I was playing as the Ikko Ikki and I noticed, I was the only non-Buddhist clan. Its about turn 50, and Christianity was never introduced to my clan and none of the clans have converted. Is this a bug?

Not many clans convert, and those who do usually get ganked quickly. And I didn't get introduced to christianity either. I dunno if it's because the Ikki are far from Christians or because they're fanatical bhuddists, but its probably both.

[¤Axel¤]

I shouldn't imagine the Ikko ikki get access to Christianity cus of their fanaticism, it just wouldn't be right from a realism perspective. But I rarely see more than 2 or 3 clans convert to Christianity in campaigns and sometimes no one ever does - it's just the luck of the draw.

[riknap]

Ikko-ikki are, historically and as game depicted, not Shinto-Buddhists (or more correctly, neither Shinto nor "mainstream" Buddhists). Analogically, they're like Protestants where the Buddhist are Catholics (not entirely accuratey, but you get the point).
That said, it wouldn't be right for them to convert to Christianity (of whatever form) in-game, which is simply like the Teutonic Knights deciding to embrace paganism (of whatever form).

[Doom M.D.]

that's not what he's asking. he's saying that there was a lack of christian factions present in his campaign. i just did a hattori campaign and noticed the same thing.

[Elitewolf]

that's not what he's asking. he's saying that there was a lack of christian factions present in his campaign. i just did a hattori campaign and noticed the same thing.

There never has been anything but a lack of christians. Shimazu and Shoni are the only two clans who regularly convert, and they usually get killed of around turn 30.

It'd be fun if more clans would turn to christianity, I must admit that.

[Kambe]

Playing with Date, hope i get nanban event soon because I don't think I can keep turtling any longer because Oda is taking over central Japan and allies are getting stronger and getting more territory.

[RedEclipse]

The Shoni always seem to be powerhouses in most of my campaigns. In one, they conquered almost all of western japan. They killed the Shimazu, they killed the Mori, and they were attacking me, and I was the Oda or the Takeda.

[¤Axel¤]

Just finished a campaign where 3 of the last 5 remaining clans were Christian - the Ito, the Sagara and the Shoni. It all comes down to chance whether or not Christianity will appear or not. It was turn 50 or so before I got the chance to build a Nanban Trade Port

[Pietrak]

Christianity is more likely to appear among the western clans like Shimazu.

[riknap]

gameplay-wise, the AI only seems to convert if they have a nanban port already.
That said, only the southern clans (or western on the game map), mostly those on Kyushu island and on rare instances those on Shikoku island, tend to convert to Christianity

[buntaro]

It's not a bug. Ikko Ikki are religious radicals, they can't neither convert to traditional Buddhism nor to Christianity.

[lonewolf80]

I had Shoni try to convert the Shimazu lands to Christianity, causing quite a bit of unrest there. As Chosokabe, I took advantage of the situation and killed them both, taking the western island to myself. Two birds with one stone.