Some of these should obviously be samurai (recruited from castles not villages- more expensive initially but very much worth it all the way through).

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Can anyone recommend a good starting region, or offer any other pointers to get me started Edit: Thank you all for the plethora of great information.

As much as Id like to respond to all of you, I feel that would lead to redundant threads.

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This is a great way to build up your character and earn some decent coin in the process.

After you have amassed a decent amount of money you can retire from service and hire some mercenaries to protect you while you embark on your recruiting mission for your personal forces.

Share Report Save level 2 Reddit Original Poster 5 years ago Ill try this.

Any favorite Lords 6 Share Report Save Continue this thread level 1 Battania 5 years ago The regions dont matter to much unless you really are having trouble with a certain pair of bandits.

But as stated below, one of the best ways to start out is to join up with a lord.

Anyways, what you want to do in the army, is stay back slightly, and just left your companions take the brunt while you wreck face and get the SWEET SWEET exp and loot.

Eventually youll have enough money to buy a horse and be unstopable until you fight a bandit with a gun that one shots you off your horse.

But as a general rule of thumb, dont be afraid to use ashigaru as opposed to ji-samurai, because the only major difference is that samurai get better armor and main weapon katanas 6 Share Report Save level 2 Kingdom of Swadia 5 years ago I disagree on the ashigaru.

In battle, the side with the most high-quality samurai always wins.

Even if you have an army of Veterans, samurai will still mop the floor with them every time.

Theyre expensive, but damned worth it.

Share Report Save Continue this thread level 1 5 years ago Go join s great lord.

As usual with freelancing, the faction leaders are probably the best as they wont get defeated as much (Ive had fun with the Dante and Shimazu).

Youll start as an ashigaru, which is fine just remember to tweak your equipment so youre not such Stuck with a weapon you dont know how to use.

Once you decide to go ranged or melee you cant change what ashigaru when you go up the ranks, even if you quit and join another lord (I suggest melee because you can just loot a bow and you get better armour I think).

Also, after every siege battle you do, talk to your commander, as your relations will go up by 2.

Dont forget to change the equipment given to you by the faction for better stuff youve looted After a certain amount of renown (about 300 400) You can talk to your commander to change from Ashigaru to Samurai.

This option will also appear after getting to the Elite level- check on the wiki which faction has elite skirmishers or spearmen, because you need to select the right troop tree.

Once you become a samurai you start at the bottom of the tree and decide early on if you want to be ranged or melee.

For instance, the Dante have horsemen as one of their hamato, while the Shimazu gunners and infantry.

Im not sure if its a bug or not, but when I finally left as a hamato horsemen, I was allowed to keep all my issued equipment- a major boost In between that, however, itll be faster but riskierto gain exp skills and money via bandit hunting Especially if youre trying to build up renown to become a samurai.

Bandits swarm in quite large numbers sometimes, so you need enough money to have up to 30 men to start with.

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