I didn't notice Alphys video until I made this already. It is different enough though.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Heavy Gunners of the Sengoku Jidai DLC in Action
Generals Beware, hide your warrior nuns, forget the nuns, save yourself from the loan sword spam killer that is the Heavy Gunners.
Sengoku Jidai 11-units DLC Guide
I was asked by Azure to start writing guides for you guys to read and study :) So here we go!
And what better time to start this than these exiciting times of a new Sengoku Jidai 11-units DLC. As a first post I give you the first impressions of the new units!
General info:
In avatar-mode they are like heroes, so you can only use one in your army. So using these units is all about veterancy. And only future upgrading will tell how these units actually behave in battle.
In classic you can use multiple units, but all the units are special units for certain factions. And looking at this I can see how they fit the bill and are made for classic battles. I mean when you think about it, for example:
Date uses light armored no-dachis so they get "Bulletproof" samurais to give them something against matchlocks and bows.
Mori gets "pirates" because they are a naval clan.
Takeda gets Fire cav because they are a superior cavalry clan.
Oda gets ashigarus with long spears.
and so on, some of them make sense and some are to just make classic battles more interesting and fun because now you have special units for each faction.
Spear units:
1. Long Yari ashigaru 500
Abilities - Yari wall
They are ashigaru so they have big unit size and they have loooooooong spears, they are like yari ashigaru in spear wall against cavalry in normal formation. And the yari wall is frikking amazing on these units, even in one line formation cav cant get though and will get annihilated in seconds.
2. Bulletproof Samurai 1100
Abilities - Rapid advance
These units are not bulletproofed! They are like naginata samurai with the same 9 armor, and will get annihilated like naginatas. They took 4 volleys from vetted matchlock monks before routing. Only real difference to naginatas is the rapid advance.
Update: CA staff has claimed that they take half the damage from bullets compared to other units. Further testing is needed.
3. Marahton monks 1250
Abilites - Warcry and Second wind.
Huge stamina, 16 morale, otherwise quite the same stats as naginata monks. Not too impressed with that extra second wind for 350!! extra cost.
Sword units:
4. Wako raiders 500
Quite like katana samurai, but with kisho training, so you can deploy them like ninjas! they also hide like ninjas when walking. Shame you can only have 1 of these :( would have been a great ambush unit. And they cost less than katana samurai while being almost as good, so using them instead of katana samurais is a good idea.
Bow units:
5. Bandits 550
Like bow ashigaru but they can hide like ninjas and be deployed like ninjas. The same idea as the wako raiders.
6. Daikyu Samurai 1100
Abilities - Fire Arrows
Like bow samurai but with 175 default range. In our initial test they beat a vanilla bow monk while being left with 28/60. They got +10 men compared to bow monks but less bow stats. And they are a bit more (100) expensive than vanilla bow monks. These might be handy in the future when vetted.
Matchlocks:
7. Heavy Gunners 1100
These are like hand cannons rather than matchlocks. 125 default range. Devastating when fired at cav! And when fired at inf from close range, at 125 range you can hardly do damage against infantry. The high price is a problem though.
Cavalry:
8. Mounted Gunners 800
This unit seem really nice! Price is not too high and they can do some serious damage against cav and at close range against inf. Basically matchlocks on horse. Default range 100 but can be upped to 125. I can see myself cheesing away with this unit and chasing enemy cav :) Start vetting!
9. Fire cavalry 1000
Weird unit, a little better stats than yari cavalry. Basically it's a vetted yari cavalry unit. But when looking at the stats you do get more than 150koku worth upgrades when compared to yari cav. But then again why upgrade yari cavalry.
Artillery:
10. Hand mortars 1900
Was totally worthless against enemy cav and inf, when fired at an immobile cavalry unit, 0 units killed. Fires at a huge arc! Probably meant for siege battles to fire behind walls.
More to follow in the future! I would also like to write guides on things you guys out there are wondering, so in the comments you can ask me to write guides on certain topics :)
Cheerz!
][GERUDO][ Harba
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Trailer for a Shogun 2 fan movie
As the title explains this is my new project that I have been working on for some time now. There are several more people involved and more will be on board for the movie.
The movie will be uploaded in 3 Acts and each Act will consist of 3 parts.
Total 9 short videos, that together make a movie. Also before Act I part 1 i will upload the Prologue. Bringing the video count to 10.
I hope you like what you see, I expect comments and ideas. All are welcomed.
Enjoy.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
320th battle, Spector vs An Old Enemy
New battle video, 320th battle.
I use by standard balanced build against a ahigaru/monk army that is range heavy with bows and matchlocks.
Also an interesting thing is that this is my second time a battle against this
player. First time we where medium rank, but this time we are both 10 star generals. Lets watch and see what did his army evolve into?
Saturday, July 9, 2011
317th battle Spector vs Naginatas
New battle video of the 317th battle.
Watch how I fight vs naginata samurai + naginata monks backed up by some cav and matchlocks.
I have a great idea and a plan but everything can go down hill fast once you start making mistakes with your micro.
Will i win or lose, watch to find out !
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
316th battle, Spector vs Loan Sword's
New battle video of the 316th battle.
Watch and see how vanilla Loan Sword Ashigaru, properly buffed with retainers and supported by cavalry and matchlocks can give any balanced army of samurai a run for it's money.
Also watch for pointers on how to avoid battling that army build using its
weak points.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
308th battle, Spector in for the ''LONG'' haul
New battle video of the 308th battle.
This one is against one of the member of the LONG clan, and against a build made up of monks and ashigaru with heavy matchlock support.
On a map with only one key building and lots of forest for cover how will a balanced, samurai sword core, army fare? Watch to find out.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
*LIVE* Sengoku Jidai ][GERUDO][ Harba vs angelofwar12 1pm EST
*LIVE* Sengoku Jidai ][GERUDO][ Harba vs angelofwar12 *LIVE*
The live stream is on the right. Click PLAY then click the FULL SCREEN button in the lower right.
The live stream is on the right. Click PLAY then click the FULL SCREEN button in the lower right.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
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