hojo horde for newbies

[solypsist]

be prepared to face a huge purple unstoppable Hojo foce in the event you decide to play the campaign as Mori or Shimazu. there's no good reason for it (actually there is, but just take my word for it) but it will happen every time without fail. No matter what the difficulty level.
so either be prepared to "cheat" with port-attacks or become bored by prepping for giesha use early.

[ShadowKill]

ok thanx...

[Anssi Hakkinen]

LOL! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

Yet another strong contender for the Post of the Week award.

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"The warrior who does not know his business is like a cat that does not know the way of ratting."
- Tsukuhara Bokuden

[Dark Phoenix]

I think you should of spelled it weak Anssi. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

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DoragonPhoenix of the Clan Doragon

[Kagnok]

Focus all effort on killing Hojo clan heirs.

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Being killed is bad.

[solypsist]

okay all you goddamn mofos!! http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

this was for newbies!
apparently you cant help but stick your stinky fingers in every post that comes along...

[Shimazu2]

We ALL know that the Shimazu dianasty is THE only clan that will over come to other clans. Hojo is a big fat blow hard that takes out the small clans and then builds up his army for the big ones...when I am playing shogun by my self, and i come across the hojo clan(while i am the Shimazu clan), the best thing i do is attack the weakest province and sorround hojo's daimyo. Then i attack full force and don't let up. That is how you deal with the Hojo clan! :p

Shimazu2

[Anssi Hakkinen]

Well, actually I was referring to Shadowkill-san's post and the contrast between it and the "for newbies" topic, but I guess every interpretation is basically valid. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif

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"The warrior who does not know his business is like a cat that does not know the way of ratting."
- Tsukuhara Bokuden

[Catiline]

wow, one newbie in 7 replies. do you ever get that incestuous feeling here? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

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It's not a bug, it's a feature

[Dunhill]

I have seen the Hojo horde, and it seems to me that much of it is YA which can be routed quite easily. This tends to demoralise the units. Killing the Daiymo isn't that hard, but it brings up the problem of having a board full of minor factions and Ronin to deal with.

[Shiro]

This is brought up before...what's the definition of newbie? I mean new at what? We're all probably "newbies" at something. For example I'm a friggin' newbie at flight sims and I suck at them. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Heims30]

You guys have no idea what you've been missing if all you get is the Hojo Horde. I've seen both a Takeda Horde, and a Horde of the other guys in that area. Oddly enough, it didn't affect the otcome of the campaign much, after defending one province 8 seasons in a row before finally running out of troops I gave up. Good thing the last patch fixed the Horde problem for me, eh?

[Dwimmerlaik]

Oh yeah...I thank my lucky stars every time I start up Shogun and see 1.12 staring at me from the top left corner...aaahhhh bliss....

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To be happy it is necessary not to be too intelligent
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[Tone]

Playing shimazu before the patch I usually got an oda horde. Not long after the message:


'Lord Hojo has been killed in battle leaving no heirs, cos he thought you became Shogun by charging across bridges with only his 9 mates for company'

[Brown Wolf]

The 1.12 patch fixes the hojo hoard? I have the patch and I still face hordes.

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"Failure is not an option"

[valeskoi]

ditto


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There's room at the top
they are telling you still
but first you must learn
how to smile as you kill

[Heims30]

Sorry, I was being sarcastic. I thought the Horde was one of the things the patch was supposed to fix. Actually, it did fix the Hojo Horde for the first couple of times I played after that - the other two clans next to Hojo got Hordes. Now its back to the same as it was before, Hojo whuppin ass.

[Randy the first]

You need enough dojos to spend all your koku on troops. Killing Daimyos can make the hoard come early.
The reason for the hoard is the rich provinces in the east. If you have Shinano eastword you can train a unit in each province each turn and still develope.

What I need to Know is how do I avoid killing the suicide daimyo without giving up the battle.

Randy the First