Shogun 2 Realism + | Main Thread: Feedback & Discussion

[Dainagon]

Hi asinkering,

I actually want you to hold on to it because I would eventually like to change recruitment pool distribution so that you don't have as many Kunishu's (there are just too many of these), I'm not sure what to do with the term Daisho, and so on. In any case, some of the more stuff that I would like to add are the following:

-Samurai O -> Onna Busha
This is the most ridiculous unit in the game (again the biggest problem is a bunch of females fighting as a unit), but Onna Busha is the most natural-sounding name for this unit.

-Remove recruitment pool name from Warrior Monk units & replace them with "Jisha" throughout
That would be Sohei units. If monks had to fight as a distinct group, it would have been when the temple they were from was an autonomous polity. Warfare between temples was common well until the 16th century especially in Kinai (areas near Kyoto) areas where great temples were located, and the Miyoshi once requested the Negoroji temple (Ikko Sect, btw) to aid them, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki also demanded their participation when he was intent on defeating Nobunaga.
So these warrior monks would not have served the daimyo directly, and that's why designations like Kunishu, Tozama, etc. don't fit. Instead, "Jisha" (temple-shrine) would be more appropriate since this does not denote any hierarchical relationship.

*Edit*
-Warrior Nuns-> Nisou/Ama
Another nonsense unit, but it's in the game anyways. Nisou and Ama are the words for female monk. I guess you could create a word "Nisouhei" for the sake of consistency.
...I just googled it after writing this, and it turns out that's exactly the word that the Japanese users came up with for their translation mod.

*Edit*
One thing I'm experimenting with is changing the order of terms so that it becomes less "busy" and makes more sense in the Japanese sequence of wording.

e.g. Yari Samurai | Dogo, Kunishu

You have the essential information (weapon type and social status [and hence unit type]) on the left and additional non-combat-related info on the right. IMO this sequencing both preserves the simplicity of S2TW's unit names and shows the additional info that S2R+ brings without making it look awkward.