I'm waiting on Himawari's reaction to post again with Rika.

[quote=Raineh Daze]
Shogun 2 doesn't work like that. :pI rely on matchlocks, so I don't have a bunch of archers to shoot flaming arrows to break the gate so I can just charge in to the inevitable slaughterfest. XD
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I find siege battles much easier to mainly use archers and whittle down their forces as much as possible before charging in with melee. Even melee can burn down the gate if they get up close, not just flaming arrows.