I assume that allows you to attack one stack in isolation as in BI and M2TW. If multi-stack forces are a feature of the end game, I'd think hard about stealthy (3) for the night attack ability. You can get that ability for one point plus 3 for the prereqs strategist(1)/poet (1)/honorable (1).įor my next game, I'd be inclined to make an intimdating siege expert daimyo - with 2 points in honorable for higher honour which gives a diplomatic + loyalty boost and 3 in strategist for the campaign movement speed. I also like the sound of intimidating - lowering the enemy's morale. That would require 2 points plus 3 for the prereqs - strategist(1)/infantry commander(1)/ashigaru commander(1). Having just lost virtually my entire army trying to take a well defended castle, I was thinking about starving them out in similar situations. I am rather taken by the sound of siege expert - cutting sieges down by 3 turns sounds very nice. Being faster than the other guy seems essential if you want to catch him or evade him. It's worth thinking about saving points and trying to get far down the tree but I would like to max out strategist if I could. That introduces some hard choices, except for the right hand side column of skills - boosting the bodyguard unit - which seems like junk. We are capped at 12 skill points, I think (2 each for level 2, 3 and 4 3 for 5 and 6). The other monks I might use for happiness boosters so that they can move around in case of food shortage or something else that causes discontent and that way I can avoid using upkeep for garrisons in the castles. I might keep a monk for character conversion and demoralize and then a monk for boosting morale of my own troops. I will usually have a monk for converting religion in a province, and there I will max out those bonuses.

That way I can skip using Metsuke for apprehension and just assassinate troublesome agents with my ninja. Apprehension is perhaps good for getting the Metsuke to level, so 1 point in that might be ok.įor Ninja, I just usually put a bit in sabotage for leveling, and then I max out the assassination bonus. That is a big boon to the wealthiest cities.

Perhaps some players have not noticed that the metsuke overseeing increases tax rate by 5% per star. For a defensive general I will skip the strategist 2nd and 3rd step and aim for ashigaru commander.įor Metsuke, I will max out oversee town. I tend to put two points in that, max out strategist and then go for command. The bushido boosting skill is funny in a way, since the second step adds +9%, which is a huge boost over the first +3% and the +12% that comes in third place. I don't use generals for naval warfare really, and personal skills for the general units are not that important in a battle. For generals I stick to the left side of the skill trees.

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