My memory is quite foggy, but I do remember Warlord edition changed a lot of things in terms of unit balance. I preferred it and it was necessary to play online multiplayer (it was what everyone else was using at the time, and the balance was arguably better). If my memory serves, the original version could result in gigantic stacks of armies and battles sometimes took ages to conclude in single-player. I'd have to dig up the old threads--there was A LOT of debate about it back in the day. That being said, the vast majority of players were using Warlord Edition at the end of the original Shogun's glory days.
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