Quote Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro
Guns will route all units very easy at hon2. With the samurai mod morale levels were adjusted so that this wouldn't happen.
OK, this is true.

And please understand, I am not trying to be a wise guy here. But as a serious question.

What do you think would happen in real life if 60 men with muskets were to meet up head on with 60 men with edged weapons? And again, even if the edged weapon guys were on horseback?

I believe that they would be forced to withdraw and find a different way to take the gunners down, either by over whelming numbers and/or tactical maneuvers.

Guns were eventually banned in Japan because they upset the hierarchy of their feudal system. When an average Joe was given a firearm, he could take out a highly trained Samurai, unbalancing the centuries of culture and the government of Japan.

Maybe we should ban guns (just kidding).

And again in considering reality. Exactly how much training do you think you would have to give a Yari spearman to enable him to do-in a Samurai? This is like a medieval pikeman against a footknight. “It aint gona happen”! Yet the game allows you to do such pumping up.

The difference again is generalship vs. gamesmanship. Simulation vs. imagination…