Yeah good point.

Well, to speak to the original thread subject: I've just started my march to Kyoto to start Realm Divide, for the first time since getting the game (on Hard). I landed on the coast and have two provinces to go inland (would have been shorter but my allies wouldnt garnt me military access. Jerks.)

So, not sure these are my PREFERRED stacks so much as an experiment to see what works.

Right now, under my Daimyo's son (level 4, full honor) I have 3 units of Elite Shimazu Katana Samurai (with armor bonuses), 2 units of Veteran SKS (with morale bonuses), 5 units of Veteran or Elite Yari Ashigaru (with armor bonuses), 4 Veteran units of Bow Ashigaru (with accuracy bonuses), 3 Veteran units of Naginata Cavalry (with armor bonuses), 2 Elite units of Light Cavalry (with armor bonuses), and my general's unit.

Under my Daimyo (level 3, full honor) I have 4 Veteran units of Naginata Cavalry, 2 Elite units of Katana Samurai Cavalry, 2 Elite units of Naginata Samurai, 5 Veteran units of Bow Ashigaru, 3 units of Elite Yari Ashigaru, and 3 units of Elite Shimazu Katana Samurai.

Before this point I preferred more bowmen-heavy forces, but I dropped some of the bowmen for the naginata folks once I'd brought them up to par, as I'm hoping they'll fare better against the Yari Cavalry-heavy armies of the Oda that I have to go through to get to Kyoto.