Finally got my computer working again with 16g RAM instead of my old 4 and Im also breaking my own hairs with Uesugi, though I've finally stabilized. My Date save was lost in my meltdown but I distinctly recall 1 thing I did wrong which was this:

Quote Originally Posted by Jacobin View Post
(come to think of it one problem may have been that I used my sword school or whatever it's called to recruit 2 katana samurai rather than demolishing it in T1 to build an agent producing building as you seem to have done and then waited for them to catch up before attacking Uzen - next time I'll just spam YA and BA instead as while those KS did win that big battle with the Mogami arriving 2 turns earlier with 4 additional YA or BA instead would clearly have been far better).
Katanas arent worth it pre-full stack or unless you need to sit back and wait (aka let their low upkeep work for you). I wouldn't demolish it since I found Katanas exceptionally useful against Hatak... Hakate... the green guy who seems to love himself some Yari Samurais (free xp), but against Mogami I think its better to just go with Ashigaru. In my campaign I didnt have the top 4 provinces secured before turn 25ish, which was a massive flaw in my play that Ashigarurushing would have easily fixed.