Daevyll
06-07-2011, 10:44
Been playing the Ikko-Ikki faction campaign recently (Hard), and I've been pleasantly surprised by the game mechanics.
It seems to be very possible to grow your faction by using religious expansion instead of military expansion.
So far, through building religious buildings, monks, ninja (sabotage temples, kill opposing monks) and the skills/traits from generals I've managed to multiple provinces through pure religious conversion.
Add to that provinces succesfully converted via direct action from my monks, and I've found that I use my main armies almost solely for defending my newly acquired provinces. And with each province gained, the number of religious buildings etc converting all around is growing further still.
These new provinces also come with their own ready-made garrisons, which can be suprisingly powerful. Usually more than enough to weather a counter-attack or two with heavy losses inflicted on the enemy, and plenty of time to get help.
Playing them, I truly feel like I am loosing a virus on the nation; a welcome change of pace. It'll be interesting to see how far I get without ever using my armies offensively.
It seems to be very possible to grow your faction by using religious expansion instead of military expansion.
So far, through building religious buildings, monks, ninja (sabotage temples, kill opposing monks) and the skills/traits from generals I've managed to multiple provinces through pure religious conversion.
Add to that provinces succesfully converted via direct action from my monks, and I've found that I use my main armies almost solely for defending my newly acquired provinces. And with each province gained, the number of religious buildings etc converting all around is growing further still.
These new provinces also come with their own ready-made garrisons, which can be suprisingly powerful. Usually more than enough to weather a counter-attack or two with heavy losses inflicted on the enemy, and plenty of time to get help.
Playing them, I truly feel like I am loosing a virus on the nation; a welcome change of pace. It'll be interesting to see how far I get without ever using my armies offensively.