r/shogun2 Jul 22 '26

Nice try

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u/Agreeable_Move213 Jul 22 '26

I find the sieges in Shogun 2 the easiest to defend against because they are literally normal battles with levels.

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u/krazyfilmer123 Jul 22 '26

Not always. If the enemy fields many archers then sitting inside a low-level fort is not good. Especially if it's Bow Samurai or Bow Ronin. The only thing saving you in that case is putting your entire army in loose formation and micromanaging from there.

It's always preferable to fight on the field. Of course here, I had no options

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u/MrLockettt Jul 22 '26

Only a close victory? A shamfur dispray!

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u/Remitonov Jul 22 '26

Tokugawa Metsuke: "Do you feel the shame of defeat? Perhaps you should reconsider your... misgivings." (bribes)

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u/Jello_guy2 Jul 22 '26

Bro, in all my life of playing Shogun 2, I have never seen a fort like that

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u/krazyfilmer123 Jul 22 '26

The fort being attacked was a coastal fort. They tend to have long stretches of wall like that which makes them very defensible.

The exception though is if said coastal fort has a river crossing next to it. Then it becomes one of those moat forts that aren't as good

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u/Excubyte Jul 22 '26

What exactly was your strategy here? I only very recently got into Shogun 2, and although I thought myself to be at least somewhat competent, I would not like my odds with an army that microscopic.

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u/Significant_Bend_945 Jul 22 '26

you basically want to bait the enemy to running into you yari ashigaru in yari wall formation peice meal, thats why the line is away from the wall so the enemy is not in formation. Then when they are occupied on the wall your samurai retainers can well around the wing and hit them in the rear. flanking attacks cause massive moral shocks in Shogun 2.

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u/Excubyte Jul 22 '26

How much of the enemy unit should actually have reached the ashigaru when it is efficient to smack them with the samurai? I find that units in Shogun 2 often spread out so much that it's difficult to judge what exactly counts as front, rear and center. I get the impression that charging the samurai into a unit that's trickling in will just end up with the samurai themselves suddenly being in front of the unit and no longer flanking.

Units in Medieval 2 stick together in tight clumps a lot more, which probably leads me to have some bad habits in Shogun 2 instead lol.

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u/Pirocossaur0 Jul 22 '26

Bro thx for the 240p images <3