Has anyone been offerd ronin?

[Pharoah]

it say's in the manual and encyclopedia that you can hire ronin once a clan has been destroyed is this a feature that was tossed in the trash? or can you actualley do this?

[SeizeVictus]

=/ I haven't done it either, and i've already finished a Takeda Campaign

[kesa82]

great minds think alike. the answer just posted in my thread .
here : http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=453579


In the in-game encyclopedia, or somewhere else, I read that it may periodically happen on occasion that you will be offered the option to recruit Ronin.

It's 1566, I've conquered most of Japan ( I actually already officially won , but I'm playing on for fun ) and I've never been offered Ronin.

Is this something that's coming in a later patch, or is it just rare and unusual ? Or is it just my particular luck?

Has anyone recruited Ronin or been presented with the option ?

answer ;


It does happen, though it is rare. In several campaigns I played, I was only presented with the option to hire Ronin just once.

[Neoton]

I had the chance to hire them 2 or 3 times in one Hojo campaign.

[Zhayedan]

yep, katana and yari
different campaigns

[EmperorBatman999]

Only once as the Uesegi, soon after defeating a clan that backstabbed me after the RD.

I saw now the Encyclopedia saying they can be recruited, but is this just for the Ikko-Ikki?

[bbad89]

I've gotten em once, after finishing off a nearby clan early game Shimazu.

[Takeda♔Shingen]

u can got ronin unit from ikki ikko via bribe with metsuke

[Graphic]

Maybe it has to do with the honor (or lack thereof) of the clan the ronin come from?

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

I got them once.Samurai ronin.I thought they would be more frequent

[Halie Satanus]

The Ikko Ikki have full stacks of Ronin archers. This doesn't seem plausible to me. I'd like to see a few that can be hired by general in the same region as per RTW.. Though fewer in number.

[Finnegan]

The Ikko Ikki have full stacks of Ronin archers. This doesn't seem plausible to me. I'd like to see a few that can be hired by general in the same region as per RTW.. Though fewer in number.

I think the Ikko-iki "Ronin" is a representation of the fact that there were actually samurai in Ikko armies but they wouldn't really have been belonging to a conventional Daimyo or clan due to the belief system of Jodo Shinshu.

[old_dude]

I've completed Date, Mori, Shimazu, Chosokabe, and Uesugi campaigns. I've never seen them and wouldn't know they exist if not for threads like this. But then again you can add this to the list of things I haven't seen yet: ai attack a gate, ai walk through an open undefended gate, ai recruit siege weapons, ai protect trade nodes, ai repair boats, ai repair any building, ai offer marriage or hostage.........

[snuggans]

i got the opportunity to hire katana ronin in my second Chosokabe campaign... all the way in 1600.

they're rather worthless by then.

i have a question, if a ronin joins a new master, are they still called ronin?

[MikkOwl]

I've completed Date, Mori, Shimazu, Chosokabe, and Uesugi campaigns. I've never seen them and wouldn't know they exist if not for threads like this. But then again you can add this to the list of things I haven't seen yet: ai attack a gate, ai walk through an open undefended gate, ai recruit siege weapons, ai protect trade nodes, ai repair boats, ai repair any building, ai offer marriage or hostage.........

Roughly my answer, too. I did see them as of patch 5, only in Ikko Ikko armies. And I bribed them over to my side along with the other Ikko army units.

[Thoragoros]

I've completed Date, Mori, Shimazu, Chosokabe, and Uesugi campaigns. I've never seen them and wouldn't know they exist if not for threads like this. But then again you can add this to the list of things I haven't seen yet: ai attack a gate, ai walk through an open undefended gate, ai recruit siege weapons, ai protect trade nodes, ai repair boats, ai repair any building, ai offer marriage or hostage.........

Persisten old dev habits, unfortunately.

Before my account was hacked and most of my games (including STW2) became unplayable, I also never saw AI Cannon troops, AI Musket units, or AI Missionaries.

[old_dude]

Persisten old dev habits, unfortunately.

Before my account was hacked and most of my games (including STW2) became unplayable, I also never saw AI Cannon troops, AI Musket units, or AI Missionaries.

In the Pursuit of fairness I must say this. Now that I pay attention more the ai seems to repair about 50% of it's buildings, mostly in the first half of the campaign or when I'm the saboteur. Maybe they spend every dollar they get on unit upkeep in the late game.

Also, I saw the computer attack a gate on purpose since that post. It actually turned out to be much more effective for them as I completely lost a couple of units defending it. Then again, that was once out of how many dozens of opportunities.

Tough luck about the unplayability, hope it turns out alright quickly.

[Graphic]

As an avid ninjer spammer, I can attest to the fact that the AI repairs buildings all the time.

[old_dude]

As an avid ninjer spammer, I can attest to the fact that the AI repairs buildings all the time.

Ahh! Too true, I had forgotten. Let me rephrase that to say the ai never seems to repair buildings damaged by any means except my agents.

[Floris V van Holland]

As an avid ninjer spammer, I can attest to the fact that the AI repairs buildings all the time.

yes . i doubt i could win legadary without those. they rebuild... and it costs them dearly. use them to let stronger clans wage war away from you by creating weaklings behind them from your perspective. some very powerfull clans on the other side of map are very usefull in their own right. the smaller rest will hate them almost as much as they hate you. keeps you closer friends in check by being upset with their might as much as yours. ninja are great for divide and conquer..

after ream divide hit those area's conquerred by the big clans again and again and there be revolts and with you being an enemy of their enemy they often like you for first 4 - 6 turns. except for not trading the rebels are your allies for those few turns. very effective.

ninja rule.

PS : got offered ronin 1 x during 190 hours of single player. very rare. (not worth focussing on.)
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