No random campaigns?

[kongxinga]

Hi,

Is this hidden somewhere or are there no randomized campaigns like the 4th campaign in pike and shot campaigns? The collector's edition has a wide range of campaigns but I am more interested in pitting some of the more asian mainland armies (Mongols, rebels, Jurchens) against each other, but none of the campaigns cover that well.

[jomni]

The current random campaign is Sengoku Jidai with Japanese clans only.
We know everyone is eager to fight using the other factions in mainland China. But our focus is Japan for now, hence the title.

[kongxinga]

Ah I see it. Pity the available army lists don't cover the mainland armies, but still very good. I hope there could be something similar to the random campaign in Pike and Shot, with a static map but any possible combatants. Personally I think the Japanese armies probably all fight very similarly but haven't cut my teeth enough into them. I did get beaten badly in tutorial 3, so I know they are very tough in melee, probably the Swiss or French of the area. Ming armies feel very squishy, with even the armoured infantry with halberds being considered medium infantry only and in my case, lost to Yumi Samurai. Not sure what is punchy enough to tie up samurai.

Does anyone know the right character for the Chinese matchlocks, aka Chongbing? I am guessing it is 銃 which appears to me to refer to handcannons and fire spears. Was this term also used generally for gun powder troops?

[jomni]

Chong 銃 for firearms that fire bullets including handguns and matchlocks.
Qiang 鎗 for fire lances. They just cause explosions, project flame / smoke / poison fumes forward, or launch rockets. No bullets. They may keep their spear tips. It's the same character as spear.

http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.sg/20 ... +Chong&m=1

http://greatmingmilitary.blogspot.sg/20 ... +Chong&m=1