How is your first campaign going?

**Zarky** · 03-16-2011, 12:21

The title says it all, how are you doing in your first actual campaign (let's say +15 turns in case someone decided to switch)?

I started up Mori on normal to try things out, I thought the campaign would be much more navy centric, but I've actually only had 3 naval battles where I've faced more than 1 enemy ship (I'm 60 turns into the campaign). Also not having any specialty land units made first 20 turns a real pain. I'm at war with Ashikaga Shogunate and neighboring them from north, I'm allied to Shimazu who hold their entire island and friendly with Chosokabe who also border Ashikaga and are turning into a powerhouse.
I'm literally rolling in cash (10K income) because I control all trade nodes except 1 and I should really put that money to use hiring armies to protect my borders from inevitable betrayal of Shimazu and to deal with Chosokabe, though Shimazu could be contained only using navy.
I'm just putting together fresh army to take on Ashikaga, all Samurai + Siege units with improved accuracy for bows, greatly improved melee attack for katanas and charge for cavalry.

I'm definitely going to see this campaign through, but next campaign I'll probably start somewhere near Philosophical Tradition so that I don't run out of things to build like I did in this campaign, or I could just start far away from trade nodes.

**gollum** · 03-16-2011, 12:34

I'd move against the Shimazu if i were you. It makes you have only one way to go and so easy to concentrate all resources on one front. Even if you beat the Ashikaga you might get sandwitched by Chosokabe, Shimazu and whoever is strong on the other side behind the Ashikaga.

**Zarky** · 03-16-2011, 13:01

Originally Posted by gollum

I'd move against the Shimazu if i were you. It makes you have only one way to go and so easy to concentrate all resources on one front. Even if you beat the Ashikaga you might get sandwitched by Chosokabe, Shimazu and whoever is strong on the other side behind the Ashikaga.

I'm currently thinking about preparing full naval blockade against them and then sandwiching them from north and south with naval invasions, forcing them to spread their forces so that I'm unlikely to face a single full stack.

**gollum** · 03-16-2011, 13:04

Sounds like a good idea. I'd go after them first and get Kyushu (their island), before moving towards Kyoto. I'd bust the Chosokabe next too :)

Then the road would be clear and can move forwards undisturbed.

**Zarky** · 03-16-2011, 13:18

Since I'm playing long campaign, I pretty much HAVE to capture Shikoku and Kyushu, otherwise I risk running into the strongest AI faction in my present game: Takeda. And I don't want to face them in mountainous plains and very large provinces when the distance between my best recruiting regions and frontlines grows.