Well, my friend and I finally managed to finish our Fall of the Samurai co-op long campaign (attempt #2) as Imperialists. The Choshu's clan bonuses and starting location sees them become one of my favourite clans, so far. The freedom to either expand eastwards further in to Honshu or into Kyushu and the surrounding islands from the beginning opens up quite a few options. Not to mention I love how their agent bonus gels with my Ishin Shishi strategy of dividing the enemy and conquering them, or rather the rebels when they take control.
Which reminds me, you should have seen how badly I messed up the eastern Shogunate provinces of Japan with all five of my Ishin Shishi. Took a bit of steam out of the sails of the Shogunate supporting clans when they had several constant uprisings to deal with. Realm Divide isn't so tough when you weaken, or exterminate entire clans, with rebel uprisings. Unfortunate for the AI Shogunate clans they couldn't even hope to touch my agents. By they time they arrived that far across Japan they had already all reached Rank 4 or better, and so were quite hardy and decent assassins despite specialism in revolts and faction conversion.
So how goes your campaign(s) in Total War: Shogun 2?
Which reminds me, you should have seen how badly I messed up the eastern Shogunate provinces of Japan with all five of my Ishin Shishi. Took a bit of steam out of the sails of the Shogunate supporting clans when they had several constant uprisings to deal with. Realm Divide isn't so tough when you weaken, or exterminate entire clans, with rebel uprisings. Unfortunate for the AI Shogunate clans they couldn't even hope to touch my agents. By they time they arrived that far across Japan they had already all reached Rank 4 or better, and so were quite hardy and decent assassins despite specialism in revolts and faction conversion.
So how goes your campaign(s) in Total War: Shogun 2?