Re: Sengoku Rance
Heh, perhaps. My apologies, I believed that my point would be retained even despite the liberal profanity in my post. Basically, I was trying to be crudely humorous, and failed.
Very well, once more, this time with fewer "naughty words."
Story 'til now: Started game, took out Hara, Ashikaga, Iga, Asai-Asakura, and Kenshin, allowing the Tenshi sect to live. Waited until the monkey broke the fifth gourd on turn 90, or 100, whichever. Defeated Byakko and Xavier at Honnouji, waited a bit, Demon Army showed up. Waited a bit longer, they took out Takeda, so I started attacking them. Four Shimazu brothers appear, blitzkrieg my ass, take two territories in each of the two former Kenshin provinces. Eventually, I win those back, and in the meanwhile DA takes out Mouri.
I conquer one of the Takeda territories, and DA takes out Miko Institute and Akashi. Note, I'm going based on memory, and the DA conquests may not be in order, other than Takeda. Eventually, DA takes out Akashi, leaving Oda, Tenshi sect (under my banner), Tanegashima, Tokugawa, Imagawa, and Youkai. I keep trying to destroy their holdings in the east, but eventually a cutscene pops up, saying it's been a few months, but Oda has driven DA into a corner (essentially) and gives me control of all their eastern territory, leaving them with just the four western countries.
Oh, right, between the two, there were a few cutscenes dealing with the DA releasing the seal on the Soul Eater (Soul Barrier? Something.) and hiring Youkai from, apparently, everywhere. And, I think that's everything pertinent.
So, I am at an impasse, trying to take over the castle in their one territory I can attack. Their front three are a Human Killer, with around 1700 troops, and two Monster Commanders with ~2k each. Their back three are a Time Killer with around 1500, another Monster Commander with around 3500, and Shogun Isun, currently with around 6000 troops.
My current combat-ready troops are Hakkin with 3200, Leila with 2000, Kenshin with 2000, Maria with 1800, Suzume with 1600, Yamamoto with 2500, Rance with 1700, Kouhime with 2600, Aburako with 1500, Kanami with 1500, Naoe with 1800, random miko unit with 1100, Seigan with 1000, Katsuie with 2300, Ranmaru with 1300, and that's about it. I've explored every dungeon (that I can) once, I've searched for every treasure (except for the Draft Coupons that keep popping up in the southeast province). I've just recently figured out that imposing levies gets you an item as well as money, but I don't think that's going to help a great deal.
Basically, I'm stumped and (when I wrote the previous post) quite pissed off. I just cannot defeat that guy in the castle. I can't kill off his generals, even if I defeat the unit, and I can't build up enough preparation to swing the battle gauge in my favor, since I only have 3 fans. I thought you were supposed to be able to grab a fourth at 150 satisfaction? Didn't happen for me.
So, that said, can anyone offer any sort of advice?
