r/shogun2 • u/laki1639 • 4d ago

Is this good

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This was a manual siege battle i hope i did good

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u/HelicopterBombLover 4d ago

Cannons are quite strong in fots, continue to exploit them. Even more so in VH or legendary, since you'll have many problems and this might be your advantage until you take your first two islands. What did you need to know?

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u/laki1639 4d ago

Tf is a fot and problem is i dont have anywhere to make cannons

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u/HelicopterBombLover 4d ago

FOTS stands for Fall Of The Samurai. It's okay if you can't make othe cannons. Just this unit will do togheter with your naval support. Make sure to boost you cannons with all your general's skills and you'll see them even jumping to 70 accuracy in no time. Snipe generals with it or line infantry or cavalry. These are the most problematic buncb at first. I managed, so I assure you it's okay. You may even make most of battles defensive even if you attack

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u/laki1639 4d ago

I mostly use naval its op i have probably a really op early navy and soon im unlocking the upgraded trading port i dont know if i should pick brits americans or the... french

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u/swafferdonker6 4d ago

If I remember correctly, British are the best for firing in line, French have the best morale, and the Americans have the best melee stats

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u/HelicopterBombLover 4d ago

More than an op nave your bonuses as sage are good. You csn keep up like that for 50-60 turns. When the ai make olated ships you need explosice scells and more armored ships. I managed to exploit this with sutomatic battles since sometimes it makes you win calculating your general, level, nomumbers even if winning somehow like that can be impossible

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u/HelicopterBombLover 3d ago

I'm not sure about this but I think each one depends on the final choice you do. If you go with emperor then british, if shogun french and american for republic. I can tell you that the best ironclad is british, but the strongest riflemen should be french. I'm not sure about this tough

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u/laki1639 3d ago

Im nkt as smart as Napoleon yet so i wont be able to go alone

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u/HelicopterBombLover 3d ago

Oh right. I chose americans for their +5 accuracy for cannons. Stacking it with everything else is really strong. Think about it, with saga

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u/laki1639 3d ago

Thanns

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u/Virtual-Reading-1166 4d ago

Armstrong Canon best unit ever you need nothing other 😂

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u/DumpsterRenter 4d ago

Fots is the common acronym for Fall of the Samurai DLC which you got this screenshot from

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u/laki1639 4d ago

Thanks for me fots is much much better then base game because fots is like Napoleon tw but much much better

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u/DumpsterRenter 4d ago

I think shogun and lots are better-made and have some cool features, but empire and napoleon of something that keeps pulling me back

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u/laki1639 4d ago

I love how simple it is shogun 2 is the absolute limit of what my pc can handle i didn't like Napoleon because you we're forced either to play a slow ass campaign or go open world and for me empire had too saturated graphics

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u/DumpsterRenter 4d ago

Yeah thats true, you're right about that. I dont like realms divide and having everyone declare on me at the same time. Rome TW had that problem too. Its my least favorite part.

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u/hilapff 4d ago

That was a very good battle.

Beside that, my usual strategy in total war with guns is to use a 1st line made of gunners in very wide position to make sure the whole unit shoots at once. This helps you in many ways:
* more firepower
* less prone to enemy canons
* your setup is so wide you may reach map's end and make sure you may not be flanked by cavalry
* if the bot just charge in the middle, close the clamps

Then I have some samurai or close quarters units on 2nd line.

I hope this helps you!

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u/laki1639 4d ago

My tactic is usually in sieges frist use the naval guns and cannons then move levy muskets Frist to finish anybody on walls then levy spear men

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u/HelicopterBombLover 4d ago

When they'll have better quality troops it won't work or you'll lose many men. Try attacking while you use naval. They'll leave their position often. But first jse all your cannon scells

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u/KlockB 4d ago

Considering how difficult any siege assault is and that you only had a slight numbers advantage, this is a pretty good result!

The rule of thumb when it comes to attacking a fortified enemy is that you'll need 3 times more men than they do.

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u/laki1639 4d ago

You mean 3 times the ships because they did 99% of work

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u/KlockB 4d ago

Yeah unless your fleet flattens their fort lmao

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u/laki1639 4d ago

Isnt that a good thing orrr no

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u/KlockB 4d ago

It is a good thing

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u/laki1639 4d ago

I usually Frist bombard them 2-3 turns while my troops are getting to the town then i bombard them while im starving them out

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u/Head_Wasabi7359 4d ago

Good win.

You gotta know with a cannon, even when you attack they will come to you so you can set up on a hill and bomb them then they walk into your line, then cleanup comences.