Questions about Shogun - Total War

[DrSpike]

Yeah Grumbold is right, archers suck with swords. But it is necessary to win the mission IIRC. Of course your archers should take more than you are describing with their bows.

To order sword attack (do it running downhill so you get the attack bonus) I think you have to hold down a key (which changes the cursor) then click on the units.

Only problem is I can't remember the key.......it's been over a year since I played STW.

[DrSpike]

Hold on, try SHIFT + Left click.......that seems to ring a bell now, thinking about it further.

[Carolus Rex]

I'll try that.

Winning the training mission is not necessary... It's just personal...

Carolus

[Kc7mxo]

Not sure about shogun, but i'm pretty certain in Medieval you use alt click to force melee combat. If it works the little arrow icon will change to a sword.

[DrSpike]

Alt-Click could be it........it's certainly something similar to what I suggested even if it isn't exactly right.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DrSpike
It is both TBS planning and RTS battles. The engine for the RTS is surprisingly advanced......with things like morale playing a huge part in games, unlike usual RTS.

The TBS bit is rather thin.

Anyway, yes, watch your morale, but the rule can be used to your advantage. One of my favourite tactic is to hold back a heavy cavalry (or better yet, No-daichi) unit, and unleash it against the enemy general unit when it comes within range. If you manage to kill him, the enemy routes.

[DrSpike]

Yeah the TBS is a little thin for sure, but it makes the RTS battles more satsifying when they are linked together by your decisions on the map.

[Urban Ranger]

Shogun Total War has no replay value. Once you played all the factions, including the rebels, once. You're done.

Still not bad for a bargain bin game.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Shogun Total War has no replay value. Once you played all the factions, including the rebels, once. You're done.

Still not bad for a bargain bin game.

That depends.....at the time STW was big MP, probably bigger than MTW since the developers spent more time balancing the game for MP.

And playing 7 factions still gives you more than 200 hours. Not bad for a full price game either.

Plus there were many scenarios made by fans that were fun to play, adding even more longevity.

So no, basically.

[Frankychan]

Daaang, I love this game!

No-Dachi? My fav. is to have a smackload of arquebusiers and calvary units. Pelt the opponent with buckshot, then hack the rest up with your horsies. Keep the arquebusiers safe with some No-Dachi and Ashigaru.

I'd recommend you have your armies accompanied by some Ninja because you'll find out the computer likes to play dirty and try to 'off' some of your best generals.

[DrSpike]

Arquebusiers suck big time.

In the early game archers are better, then muskets. No-dachi are cool, but they have no armour, so ranged units like archers can have a field day.........but if they get closed to your lines it's carnage.

[Urban Ranger]

Ashigaru units stink. Unless you are Oda, then they stink less. Sometimes the computer stacks the general with an Ashigaru unit, which always is a fatal mistake.

I use ninjas extensively, but they are just no match for the geishas. They can only be countered by other geishas.

[DrSpike]

In the early versions 1st Geisha = game over; they were just too powerful. Later on they tweaked build times and made the geisha less powerful.......but still formidable. Winning with these is the lazy way out though, since when you kill the heirs and leader their empire splits into uncoordinated rebels and lands formerly controlled by other factions. One game virtually the whole map declared allegiance to me just because I killed a leader with no heir.

[Frankychan]

whoops, meant musket.

Hey, I use the ashigaru to protect the guns. Usually the enemy doesn't get close.

[DrSpike]

I'm with UR.......you should use Samurai not Ashigari........Ashigaru are peasants, and they run if someone says "boo" too loudly on the battlefield. Only for use early on or if you are Oda and can have bags of them on the cheap.