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    What would you like to see as expansion for the up and coming title STW2? I think there are several quite interesting possibilities.

    One way would be to take the safe route and do like with the original title, by releasing a Mongol invasions expansion.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan

    My personal favourite would be to have a Imjin war campaign.Which would be about the Japanese invasions against Korea under Taiko, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. This would allow to have both Korean and Ming troops apart the Japanese.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imjin_War

    Another possibility would be to have a campaign for a earlier times. Like during Gempei war, when Taira and Minamoto clans fought each other for power.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gempei_War

    Another turning point could be Kenmu restoration, which lead in to Genkō war and the defeat of Kamakura Shogunate and rise of Ashikaga Shogunate.The last link is for the whole to Nanboku-chō period in order to get a better understanding about the era as whole.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemmu_restoration

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genk%C5%8D_War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period


    Last one option could be right before or right after Onin War. Which started the rapid downward spiral of Ashikaga Shogunate and eventually lead to the rise of the three unifiers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu, who in the end created the last Shogunate, Tokugawa Shogunate. Interesting for this would be that so very many of the Clans we know from Sengoku Jidai period were only minor vassals of the Shugo clans of Ashikaga Shogunate or even non existent, so the political map would be very different.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onin_war

    So what do you think which of these or something other would be best for the eventual expansion of STW2?
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    I voted for the Imjin war. I like the idea of the Chinese and Koreans being available for campaign, as well as the Japanese. I read the wiki article and am not much into research, considering this, my only concern would be that covering this period in history would lack a diversity of factions. Only three sounds somewhat boring. I would hope for more playable (and unplayable) factions to be present in an expansion pack. Though I didn't search deeply into the war to confirm the actual number of available factions.

    The others are less interesting. A Japanese solo campaign, despite it being different from STW2, isn't very appealing. Sound just like it would be the same thing, just a different time.
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    Well, what I would like to see is something similiar to MTW1's different starting times. Perhaps having one at 1553 around the first battle of Kawanakajima, 1560 around the battle of Okehazama, 1582 after the Honnoji-Incident, and 1600 around the battle of Sekigahara. Other scenarios outside of Japan, like the Imjin war (which I think is a good candidate), would be the expansion. Those are my thoughts at least
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    Imjin seems to offer the most potential. Perhaps a two phase campaign - unify Korea (at least politically) and get the Chinese onboard, then the Japanese invasion proper. Looking over these other choices just reinforces how perfect the Sengoku Jidai is for a Total War game.
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    Onin war sounds fun.

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    Imjin campaign, the addition of Chinese and Korean flavor would be a good match. Plus it might get CA closer to a Chinese TW game.
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