Quote Originally Posted by Jevanko View Post
Nice post, I agree on almost everything, especially the yari sam/bow sam/matchlock sam, I never use them..
Only thing I'd add is that because of only encountering challenging players in 1v1 when playing vs. 10 stars I am building my limited amount of vet slots around 10 star armies.. It is hard to get 2 good armies in 10 star games when you don't want to lose too much in lower fund battles. For instance I still keep some loan sword and yari ashigaru but besides that I deleted most of my lower fund vets.. It is hard though to delete a rank 9 vetxD..
Altough I think 2 yari sam vets might be nice, to add on a cav fight..
What about ranked fire, worth it?
Ranked fire is not good. The whole unit need LOS, else the unit wont shoot at all. Without the upgrade you get at least a part of the guns-unit to shoot, with ranked = nothing. You lose a lot more, than you gain. The only place where it would make sense are maps like rice field, which are very flat.

To get 2 good armies to play 22k all the time is no problem at all, you need 4-6 monk bows (4 will do, so you switch 2) and 6-8 good katana, monk or whatever melee units. I also have 4 good cavs to switch, this way I get enough units to always spent the 22k and also have room to use a cheap 670 (no retainer) inspire ashi for a 3rd inspire.