Quote Originally Posted by ColdKnight
It was Samurai wars. It just seemed that whenever the enemy got really close (the enemy as yari samurai) that around 10 yari samurai were killed with each volley.
That's the way it's supposed to work. A point blank volley from 60 Japanese teppo can drop as many as 15 men, and the yari samurai's morale is not high enough to tolerate that. The yari samurai can successfully advance on a Japanese teppo that's in 3 rank formation because its losses will be distributed over several smaller volleys. However, a yari samurai is not fast enough to catch a teppo in skirmish mode. It's one of the least desireable units to use against a teppo.