Quote Originally Posted by Caravel View Post
I find that their lack of morale is more than made up for with their morale affecting armament - especially in defensive battles.

You just highlighted what is -- for me, at least -- a key limitation on ashi teppo units: I only truly find them useful in defensive battles. When attacking, I almost never employ them at all. Their range is too short, and can be too easily flanked since I prefer to attack over more open terrain as a general rule.

Of course, to be fair, I usually don't use Sam Archers a lot in offensive battles either, but I still find them to be at least more useful than arq/musket troops.