Must play mod?

[Sarganto]

Hello folks,

after a long time without playing any Total War game (just "finished" Skyrim and threw D3 in the corner), I want to go back to Total War Shogun 2.
Playing it the first time, there were many things that I didn't really like and I had really good experiences with TW:Rome mods.

So now I'm wondering which mod would give me sort of an overhaul of the main game like Rome: Total Realism did for TW:Rome.
I still like to play the main campaign without Fall of the Samurai.

So which mod do you recommend? Or should I rather play Vanilla instead, maybe with Fall of the Samurai installed?

[Adreno]

Depends on the things you would want to see changed.. theres only a handfull of big mods so its easy to try them all out

[Mjarr]

As much as I name Darthmod here as the mandatory jack of all trades, Sekigahara Campaign is definitely worth trying for complete overhaul for Sengoku experience. TROM3 is not bad either too.

[Erwin Rommel]

As much as I name Darthmod here as the mandatory jack of all trades

We'll aim to have the Seki be it. Make Shogun 2 synonymous with it. Make people associate that the new clans introduced are more awesome than the vanilla 1545 clans.

Oh and historically correct pink horos and gynormous golden horos. All historically correct.

[hochmeister devin]

If you have FOTS, the foreign invasion or steampunk/samurai mods are very interesting.

[jonny duck]

Sekigahara campaign is one of the greatest, most ambitious mods released for Shogun 2. It has hundreds of new creations for the campaign and it's only in the v0.9 stage of release.

[Winterspawn]

Darthmod is a huge improvement mod for the campaigns for Shogun 2 and the DLC. It's the best mod there is out there if you seek to play the regular campaigns and makes the battles much better and the campaign map a bit harder but also more fun.

[Kye]

Darthmod is a huge improvement mod for the campaigns for Shogun 2 and the DLC. It's the best mod there is out there if you seek to play the regular campaigns and makes the battles much better and the campaign map a bit harder but also more fun.

First battle with darthmod on FOTS, I sniped all the enemy units with my sharpshooters (as Jozai). One volley at maximum range killing 24 men.

Maybe they are OP, but it was not a great first experience.

[Winterspawn]

First battle with darthmod on FOTS, I sniped all the enemy units with my sharpshooters (as Jozai). One volley at maximum range killing 24 men.

Maybe they are OP, but it was not a great first experience.

Have you tried any other mod? Vanilla FoTS is even worse, and other mods don't seem to improve the AI as well. Atleast Darthmod improves the overall AI by quite a bit, I've really been surpised by how smart it can be in certain situations. It also add many fixes like bow army stacks, and gun boat spam in FoTS etc. but there will always be some flaws that are left over. The point is that it isn't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better.

[Kurisu Paifuaa]

TRoM3 and/or Sekigahara. Both significantly address campaign play as far as historical concerns go, but cover different periods.

[♘Top Hat Zebra]

Im gonna have to give my vote to Sekigahara. I only played it once, quite awhile ago (As I don't exactly own the Sengoku campaign...) but even then it was by far the most interesting mod.

Darthmod is good too, if you'd rather keep with a mostly-Vanilla feel.

[Winterspawn]

I tried the Sekigahara but it was just meh, it's not really more than a standard campaign with differntly named units and some other clans. I don't really find it that great, it was not bad, that's not what I'm saying, but it isn't that great either.

[Erwin Rommel]

with differntly named units and some other clans.

Thats the point of the mod. To cater to us folks who hunger for more famous Sengoku Jidai characters that never made it since CA chose 1545 as a starting period.....not to mention 2 clan packs so you can never tire from playing in the same position over and over again like in the 1545 clans.

But dont worry, 1.0 will introduce this new units...(well there are already new not to mention the taisho is yari bearing already.)

---"Tadamoto's Tanegashima Samurai". Led by Niiro Tadamoto, these Shimazu samurai...
---"Tokihisa's Light Cavalry". Led by Hongo Tokihisa, these cavalrymen...
---"Kakubei's Naginata Samurai". Led by Iida Kakubei, these experts represent some of the greatest Naginata-jutsu specialists the Higo-no-Kato army has to offer.
---"Kanbei's Katana Ronin". Led by Kuroda Kanbei, these ronin...
---"Takakage's Fire Rockets". Led by Kobayakawa Takakage, these Kobayakawa men...
---"Ekei's Yamabushi". Trained by Ankokuji Ekei, these yamabushi...
---"Hirotoshi's Sharpshooters". Trained by Fukubara Hirotoshi, these Mori gunmen...
---"Hiroie's Katana Cavalry". Trained by Hiroie, these Kikkawa cavalrymen...
---"Takayoshi's Bow Wako". Hired by Murakami Takayoshi, these Bingo-Murakami mercenaries...
---"Hideyasu's Onna Bushi". Led by Hideyasu, these Akashi women...
---"Masayuki's Hankyu Samurai". Led by Hanabusa Masayuki, these men are an elite ranged force of the Ukita army.
---"Shigenobu's Nagamaki Cavalry". Led by Adachi Shigenobu, these Iyo-Kato men...
---"Tadasumi's Yabusame Samurai". Led by Tani Tadasumi, these Chosokabe bowmen...
---"Chikamasa's Bow Monks". Led by Ikoma Chikamasa, these Ikoma sohei...
---"Katsumoto's Jumonji Samurai". Led by Katagiri Katsumoto, these Toyotomi men...
---"Takanori's Nagae-Yari Cavalry". Trained by Kasuya Takanori, these Kasuya cavalry...
---"Nagayori's Jumonji Cavalry". Led by Murai Nagayori, these Kawachi-Maeda men...
---"Akinari's Gunners". Led by Kakimuro Akinari, these Sugihara gunmen...
---"Shosai's Onna Bushi". Led by Ogasawara Shosai, these Hosokawa women...
---"Iesada's Su-Yari Cavalry". Led by Kinoshita Iesada, these Kinoshita men...
---"Nagamori's Yari Ronin". Led by Mashita Nagamori, these (Go-Bugyo) men...
---"Yukinaga's Tachi Guard". Led by Konishi Yukinaga, these men will race into battle for the Ishida regardless of the outcome.
---"Sakon's Bow Ronin". Trained by Shima Sakon, these men...
---"Iga Ninja". Led by a legendary shinobi, these Iga ninja...
---"Taketoshi's Bow Cavalry". Led by Takigawa Taketoshi, these Ujiie men...
---"Katsushige's Bow Samurai". Led by Toda Katsushige, these Otani men...
---"Tamehiro's Yari Samurai". Led by Hiratsuka Tamehiro, these Otani men...
---"Sadamichi's Black Guard". Led by Inaba Sadamichi, these Oda cavalrymen...
---"Naomori's Nagae Cavalry". Led by Hitotsuyanagi Naomori, these Fukushima cavalrymen...
---"Tadashige's Nagamaki Samurai". Led by Igi Tadashige, these Ikeda samurai...
---"Kichibei's Su-Yari Cavalry". Led by Goto Kichibei, these Yamauchi cavalrymen...
---"Yasunaga's Tachi Samurai". Led by Ishikawa Yasunaga, these Etchu-Maeda swordsmen...
---"Yoshishige's Katana Samurai". Led by Kanamori Yoshishige, these Kanamori swordsmen...
---"Tadatsugu's Yari Samurai". Led by Sakai Tadatsugu, these Tokugawa spearmen...
---"Yukimura's Chidori Cavalry". Led by Sanada Yukimura, these cavalrymen can make swift charges through the lines of the enemy in the name of the Shinano-Sanada.
---"Nagamasa's Tachi Cavalry". Led by Asano Nagamasa, these Asano cavalrymen...
---"Tadamasa's Naginata Cavalry". Led by Honda Tadamasa, these cavalrymen strike a devastating blow for any that are foolish enough to allow it.
---"Morikatsu's Aka Guard". Led by Kimata Morikatsu, these red devil hatamoto can spearhead any charge, no matter the odds.
---"Hidehisa's Bandits". Hired by Sengoku Hidehisa, these Kozuke-Sanada bandits...
---"Shigenaga's Fire Bombers". Trained by Honjo Shigenaga, these Honjo shigaru...
---"Hidekatsu's Kanabo Samurai". Trained by Mizoguchi Hidekatsu, these Hori samurai...
---"Chikamori's Naginata Ashigaru". Led by Hommura Chikamori, these Naoe men...
---"Kagetsugu's Katana Cavalry". Led by Amakasu Kagetsugu, these Uesugi samurai...
---"Munezane's Ashigaru Hatamoto". Led by Shiroishi Munezane, these Date ashigaru...
---"Minbu's Tetsubo Samurai". Led by Satomi Minbu, these Mogami samurai...

[Winterspawn]

Like I said, it's not something I said to offend you Sekigahara guys, I know you're all co-creators of it, but the Sekigahara mod adds a new campaign with new units, which is nice, and a change from the regular game. But I prefer Darthmod on the vanilla campaign becauce instead of changing the campaign, it overall improves it. I did like the Sekigahare mod, I just chose the wrong clan to start with I guess.

[hochmeister devin]

I think samurai in full armor look badass with rifles.(Or grenade launchers, or revolvers, or carbines)