Total War: Shogun 2

[JonasSalk]

According to the demo, they gain slowly over time. Probably gain faster depending on buildings and if you're in friendly territory or in your castles or towns.

[MadBurgerMaker]

According to the demo, they gain slowly over time. Probably gain faster depending on buildings and if you're in friendly territory or in your castles or towns.

Yeah there are things like supply depots in NTW that increase the reinforcement rate.  I rather like it this way (except when my mentally retarded troops kill each other for no reason). 

[Drakken]

They regain over time while you keep your army in your domain, and they stop when you cross the frontier. IIRC, they regain faster if in the castle.

Currently trying the All-in-one mod the latest DarthMod, with the Takeda. I almost lost a 3-to-2 battle in my favour at Normal because my units in my Center routed. Thank God for reserves.

[Norgy]

Attrition is a nice addition in vanilla Total War.
Camping a superstack in winter is no longer Higly Recommended And Valid Strategy.

[Alcibiades]

Goddammit.  wtf.  I remembered that I had purchased NTW a little while back when it was on sale for $7 or so on Steam and decided to fire it up.  Playing the Italy campaign, I got fed up with a little stack of Austrians running around Torino and cornered them with one of my main armies (Duroc).  In the ensuing battle, my artillery absolutely slaughtered them before they could even get into musket range, so while they were fleeing in a panic, I got all :smugface: and sent the light cavalry after them. 

Yeah. 

These fucking morons, despite being told to use the melee attack, charge up to them in a big mass and unload their carbines into each other multiple times while I just stared in shock.  Result: 130 casualties among four experienced cavalry units (from 38 or whatever each to 18, 11, 8, 13 ffs) that now have to be slowly replenished instead of the zero that it should have been.  They shot the hell out of each other.  Whatever.  Napoleon marches on Trient Klagenfurt as I type.

How does unit reinforcement work in Shogun?  Do they regain troops over time automatically, or is there a button you push?

Gotta press that nice melee button

[JonasSalk]

It's been the case for several games now that you could press control + click to have them shift to melee.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

It's been the case for several games now that you could press control + click to have them shift to melee.

I think it has been like this since shogun even.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Gotta press that nice melee button

despite being told to use the melee attack

They simply decided it would be a good idea to shoot each other up before going in with the swords.

[JonasSalk]

It's been the case for several games now that you could press control + click to have them shift to melee.

I think it has been like this since shogun even.

Probably, yeah. I'm fairly certain I remember doing that way back in 2000 when I played the game.

[Alcibiades]

They simply decided it would be a good idea to shoot each other up before going in with the swords.

It was crowded.

[Viking]

meh.. the pace of the campaign game is all wrong.

Realm Divide usually happens way way way before I start putting any more than a few samurai or cavalry in my armies. The AIs extreme aggression and complete unwillingness to defend it's cities means that the AI powers blitz each other and for the player the best defense is to blitz any opponent.

AI "brilliance" is basically down to high selective anti player diplomacy bias (send entire army against player) as well a thin avenues of approach (no possibility of outflanking or maneuvering)

[MadBurgerMaker]

It was crowded.

  Well they fixed that problem real quick.

[Siege]

Should I buy a hard copy or Steam it?

I think there was some trouble with Steam and the previous TW mods.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Should I buy a hard copy or Steam it?

I think there was some trouble with Steam and the previous TW mods.

They all use Steam, even the boxed versions.  It's been like this since Empire.

[Lucidor]

Gotta press that nice melee button

despite being told to use the melee attack

They simply decided it would be a good idea to shoot each other up before going in with the swords.

Or they had the Fire at will box checked.