You know what would be really cool to see in shogun 2? The events that transpired after Nobunaga was killed in 1582. The main focus of such a campaign would be on Hideyoshi and the other Oda retainers alive. His enemies would be the Oda-clan and the parts of the Oda-clan siding against Hideyoshi and of course Akechi Mitsuhide. Represented by these would be for example Shibata Katsuie would be the Daimyo of Echizen (which would make him the leader of a faction), another would be the Tokugawa clan that supported Nobukatsu, the leader would of course be Ieyasu. Then, if Hideyoshi manages to subdue those "clans", his enemies would be the Hojo in the kanto region, the Shimazu, the chosokabe, and the Negoro warrior monks in Izumi and the warrior monks of Kii. Along with this would be the other historical clans still alive in other parts of japan that Hideyoshi/Any other ambitious warlord could then conquer.
The playable clans in such a campaign would be The Toyotomi, the Oda (under Katsuie's leadership or Nobutada, depending on if you make a different clan altogether for shibata katsuie), the Tokugawa, the Hojo, the Chosokabe, the Shimazu, either of the Kii or Izumi (perhaps as one clan) sohei, the Date-clan, the Mori and any other suitable clans.
The point of the campaign itself is to have a "what if" scenario for what happens after Nobunaga is killed in 1582. Does Akechi Mitsuhide succeed in crushing Hideyoshi and unite the rest of the Oda vassals, does Shibata Katsuie beat Hideyoshi? That's what this campaign will decide.The goal of the campaign will be to eliminate your rivals and conquer/vassalage most of Japan.
If the Sekigahara Campaign mod could be made (no pressure AntonIII ), this can. So if anyone thinks its a good idea well then...
First step on this mod:
-Finding out who controlled which provinces in 1582 after Nobunaga had been killed. Not just the Oda generals, but all the other clans in Japan.
-Figuring out clan relationships at the time, as well as the relationships between the most powerful oda generals.
-Which clans should be playable. The main issue being: Should the focus be on the Oda generals or should the main focus on the Oda generals only be: Hideyoshi, Ieyasu and Mitsuhide, and then having non-oda affiliated clans such as the Shimazu, Chosokabe and Hojo clans playable.
-To what extent should the Mori be in direct control of western Japan?
Okay, some updates regarding the clans and their positions on the map. It may not be 100% historically correct, but I also have to keep balance in mind, if I'm way too far off, feel free to voice your opinions.
-Shibata Katsuie: Echizen and Wakasa, Omi.
-Maeda Toshiie: Kaga and Noto
-Sassa Narimasa: Etchu
-Oda-clan: Mino, Owari and Ise.
-Akechi Mitsuhide: Tamba and Settsu.
-Tokugawa Ieyasu:Mikawa and Totomi.
-Hojo: Ize, Sagami, Musashi and Kozuku (They will start out very weak militarily)
-Mori: Aki and Iwami/Suwo
-The Sohei: Kii and Izumi
-Hashiba Hideyoshi: Harima and Mimasaka
-Ukita: Bizen
*THE ABOVE ARE STILL NOT FINAL*
Let me know what you think!
Okay some updates:
-The name of this mod will be "The Unification Campaign"
-The warrior-monks of this period will be a playable "clan". They represent the last stand of the militant buddhists, they will have no access to ashigaru units and no samurai untis, but relatively cheap naginata and teppo sohei units, and progressively better sohei units with various weapons. They will be a very different and difficult clan to play. They will also take up the ikko religion slot previously taken by the Ikko-Ikki.
-Instead of making an all new Shibata-clan, Shibata Katsuie will be the de facto leader of the old Oda clan, from where he will seek to crush the upstarts Hideyoshi and Mitsuhide and restore Oda control over these rebel vassals.
- Finishing up the positions and clan-relations. The situation of the Mori and their vassals in the west and the ex-oda commanders situation in the central/eastern part of Japan currently taking up most of our time (me and AntonIII that is).