The Shogun 2: Screenshot thread

[Fagar]

Great pics Monk. The shot with your forces entering the river is my Fav here..

[Sp4]

How do you get so many friends? I keep making war with everything and everyone eventually =S Usually sometime around turn... 30 or something, everyone hates me =p

[Gregoshi]

You have a good eye with that in-game camera, Monk. Nice shots!

[Monk]

How do you get so many friends? I keep making war with everything and everyone eventually =S Usually sometime around turn... 30 or something, everyone hates me =p

I play with a milder realm divide event which allows me to keep allies past the breaking point. Most clans will still go to war with me and refuse to surrender, but at least this way I can keep my vassals and closest allies intact.

Once i defeated the Oda-Tokugawa, mentioned in my last screenshot post I decided to turtle. I was close to RD (i'd won so many big victories) and I didn't wanna push it so soon. So I spent 40 turns (ten years) turtling and trading with absolutely everyone on the map. That boosted my tech to absurd levels and let me build relations with pretty much everyone to the point that a "super alliance" was possible. I poured most of my efforts into civil tech to get Epic Architecture, and in the process got a lot of the diplomatic bonuses.

Great pics Monk. The shot with your forces entering the river is my Fav here..

You have a good eye with that in-game camera, Monk. Nice shots!

[Sp4]

Milder realm divide?

[Monk]

Milder realm divide?

Yes, there are a few mods that tone down the realm divide event to not be a complete diplomacy breaker. Like i said, most of Japan will still declare war, but in this way any vassals or (very) good relation allies you've made will have a better chance of sticking with you.

[Sp4]

What mod is this? I'd really love from some stronger alliances to last more than half way through the game =p

On a sidenote, I read those AARs of yours, they are pretty interesting and inspiring reads =)

[Monk]

What mod is this? I'd really love from some stronger alliances to last more than half way through the game =p

Many of the major mods now incorporate changes to the RD event by default. I know Darthmod completely changes it for example.

The standard, standalone RD mod can be found here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=436082 - which changes the RD to be a small relations hit (-55 relations) that slowly goes away as time goes by. Mods like this wont prevent clans from declaring war, but they are more than enough to ensure vassals/allies will stay on your side, provided your relations are high enough.

On a sidenote, I read those AARs of yours, they are pretty interesting and inspiring reads =)

Its always nice to hear people enjoyed them. Shogun 2 is the first TW game in a very long time to inspire some fun narratives for me. If you let yourself get immersed into the atmosphere of the game, it can really shock you in how deeply you're trying to keep certain generals alive, or wary of certain enemies. As an example, my recent Hojo campaign featured a number of heroes who rose to prominence against the Oda clan. When i went to war with the Takeda, many of those heroes died. By the time Realm divide hit, most of my greatest heroes might've been gone, but a new generation was taking their place as the fighting became heavier.

I'm thinking about doing another AAR leading up to the next expansion. Should be fun provided inspiration hits