Hey Apollo, my son has been having a hard time at school lately. However, when I pick him up and we get home, the first thing he wants to do is watch your videos because he says it's his favorite part of the day. I just bought him Shogun 2 because of you! Thank you brother!

@PixelatedApollo1

3 ай бұрын

That made my day! Tell him I said hi!

@grantmurphy7965

2 ай бұрын

As a father this comment hit home. Praying for you and your liitle boy.

Hey Apollo, this is genuinely one of my favourite things to watch currently. I’m yearning for more episodes 😂

@Gyatsoz

3 ай бұрын

Indeed, I don't understand why he doesn't get the views he deserves

@flashpoint5356

3 ай бұрын

Same I’m dying for more to come out

@mannysanchez2417

2 ай бұрын

You know he's serious because he used yearning.

@dominiclacey2260

2 ай бұрын

@@mannysanchez2417 I’m bringing out all the literature for this series 😂

Confucious say, "Man who stand on toilet is high on pot." 😂

Bro DO NOT stop this series🙏

To the battle at the end: Place all ur guns in the inner ring on the walls and stretch them out!! Yyou can have units being just 1 rank and only 1 rank can fire anyways so a double line is just reducing ur killing power by far. Look where the enemies will push mainly and try to cover all the space there. Also activate guard mode! Then palce all ur spears with their backs to the innerwall and but them on guard mode too. Also stretch them out so that enemeis cant climb up to ur guns. Try to hold ur position as long as possible and let the guns do the killing. If your guns will have enough time I think it might be possible to win. Btw. in the inner wall you have unlimited morale. If your spears seem to break then you can retreat them inside with a simple trick: climb up your own walls. Yeah you might lose some from climbing, but its the safest way to keep them in battle. Once 1 soldier reach the top the unit should have unlimited morale which is certainly better than if it would break surrounded by enemeis and just getting slaughtered. If you have any question to this tactic feel free to ask :) Good luck!

17:58 Ahhh yes, the famous French/Japanese General. He was well known for supporting his men with encouraging words 😜😂

Keep up the great work apollo. I have watched you for almost 5 years now and this is already one of my favorite series. Keep up the great work!

This is actually my favourite lets play to watch. I can’t wait for the next one (again)

This thumbnail is sick! Thanks for the hard work in all the recent campaigns all the best!

After you win a siege battle, chase down the routing troops with your general on horseback, it will level him up very quickly and you can work towards getting perks that make the whole army better

Apolle is a great commanding he's troops, even the enemies is larger. He still defended it, Impressive strategy Apollo 👏.

I like this more than Bannerlord because I feel like Bannerlord has been a bit repititive. This series is GREAT and GOATED.

I can’t tell you how long ive been waiting for this episode, Great series Apollo hopefully it continues!!

Maybe you should consider making Vassals even if its former enemy, having buffer region between you and your enemy help alot in my personal opinion. I personally did that if I stuck in two front war to give ourself some breathing room, not to mention we got 50% of Vassal's income while at it

Could you imagine Apollo being a General in real life. Captain: General we are outnumbered by 5,000 troops! Apollo: Whatever! I don't care! 😂

Great to see you going back to the good old games. Have been watching you for years , keep up the good work . Also figs are yummy.

less skip through, less auto resolve, more blood stain crunch! Just flippin' you $#!+ Apollo - love what you do - TIGERS TIGERS TIGERS!

I've been watching you since 7th grade, now I'm a freshman in college. thanks for always making my day.

you really should get a cadet school and line infantry in your capital it will massively help you out plus the navy is great for defeating enemies economically by bombarding their province plus the naval artillery support is a bit op as well

Proper enjoying this series. Breath of fresh air

Apollo is the wholesome big brother we all wish we had

Quick tip! Always transport troops across your lands using a general, they bring with them way further campaign map movement range and if they have a ninja attached, they get to go even further!! also, definitely dont just recruit without building economy/expanding

good stuff

Well, we will have to wait and see if you manage to keep your southern fortress; But what you definitely have to do is conquer your enemies from the North, it is the safest way to grow and get an economic rearguard to continue improving your chances in the game.

My God your enthusiasm was great on the video! Gave me.a smile as I was listening and playing on my own campaign 😂❤

Hey Apollo! Been watching you since 2018 and you've given me inspiration for some of my other youtube channels! Keep goin 💪

I recently sent my pc to get checked because it gave up and stopped working but never got my hard drive back which had everything I had (£100’s worth of games and app) and until I recover that this is keeping me sane so thanks a lot Apollo 😂

Been waiting for this holy shit! One of my fav campaigns of yours in awhile. Thanks so much bro!!

A good tactic i use in shogun, against infantry, is putting some infantry outside the fort to delay the enemy infantry from climbing and allow your ranged to fire longer without being interrupted. Note: any friendlies out side the fort are subjected to normal morale penalties, so it works better with more infantry.

I copy my coment bc im a bit late in this series hahaha.. Hey Appolo, a few other tips, less ethical if i may... agents in FOTS are broken: Your shinshinegumi is less efective as a spy and assasin is more like a propaganda agent: You can use it to shift the opinion of populace and provoque revolts without even have to battle, works also with allied provinces. So you can claim them without having to declare war! (pretty OP) also, before attacking a province, send him so it will be easier to maintain control. The geisha is a must in every economic province, it boost the money like crazy. Dont use them too much to seduce. Not worth it. The foreign veteran is better accompanying army or recruiting, dont use them to asesínate or sabotage. The ninja is the perfect spy, use it to explore or protect the shinshinegumi, inside a army the ninja will make armies moove further. Geishas will easily corrupt foreigner but, worst to better to asasinate: Geisha-Veteran-Shinshinegumi-Ninja

@lord.varmir8418

2 ай бұрын

also: Guarnition units are infinite in sieges, so sacrifice them using in the outer walls to slow down the enemy and concentrate fire from above :3 It´s my favourite game and i love the serie that you are doing, keep going!

I truly enjoy watching this series Apollo and I’ve been watching you since 2015 and just watching you grow and the community grow to is truly beautiful I absolutely love your content and I’m always excited to see your videos on KZread everyday. You are truly one of the best KZreadrs in my book

I love shogun please do it more apolo I cried once from a bully but😢 you made me feel better ❤️‍🩹 🙏

Been watching this since high school keep it up love shogun 2

Tbh I would really enjoy if you could play like every 3rd episode as a livestream. Especially cause Shogun 2 allows Drop-In battles. So then you can play against members of ur community and so involve them in the campaign. But I would understand if thats not what you like. Maybe you can do it at least for the last episode when you have some big final battle. It would certainly be a fun challenge to finish the campaign

I've been watching your videos for a long time. Thank you for the great videos. Love from maldives. ❤️ keep up the great work. 💪

Loving this series!

6:25 you say you dont need a navy, BUT navies are OP for shore bombardment. Keep 3 ships atleast for good effect.

I love this series Apollo knows how to make my day❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

17:58 has me rolling hahahaha

Hello apollo bing watching u for years one of my fav youtubers im not perfect at the game but i hope this tips help u Tip 1: i always put my tax on auto manage because i don't have to deal with my citys happness it much better tip 2: im currently playing same faction as u i know u like to roleplay but what i noticed most of the faction that attacks u is shogunate onse so if u want u can change the stroy to ur clan wants to retake and organize whole shogunate faction in one nation and try to defeat the imperial clans tip 3: the female agent idk what its called she can convert other enemy agents and make them yours tip 4 : try to make one city like econamic city and the other one a milltary city tip 5: u do need ships i was thinking same as u i was saying i don't need ships till enemys started to raid my trade routs and destroyed my ports That is all sorry for my english and keep it going love u and ur videos also ima muslim and its ramadan that means i fast during day and ur videos helps me during the fasting❤❤❤

its good to see my boy apollo play shogun 2 again

Hey Apollo, Shogun II is my favorite tw. I'm finding this series great to watch. As for the coming battle. I think arrow towers can produce fire arrows if selected in battle (maybe tech needed). Dont set up at the wall, let them come to you given you're numbers. You might even give up sections of you're fortress to create a better defensive line with the capture point better secured. Good Luck!

Send the battle to legend as a save your disaster battle

A tip for siege battles: If you ever want to fortify a province for siege battles, consider using wooden cannons,(they can arc over walls to avoid friendly fire and have a clear line of fire, as well them being really affordable).

@trebor797

3 ай бұрын

Wooden cannons are really one of the weakest unit in the game imo. They cant kill infantry well at all. The only situation where they actually can do good kills is against cavalry. But those are rare in siege battles and on top fairly useless as they have to dismount. So you can think of sniping the enemy general maybe as best usecase, but since generals have hitpoints they can even survive a shot

@LeMrAlpaca

Ай бұрын

If wooden cannons get 10 kills in a battle that's good numbers for them.

Wonder how long this campaign will last with "the quitter" playing.

Hey Apollo I was wondering if you would ever return back to Rome 2 or Attila, you're Attila western empire series was one of my favourites series on KZread, if you do take this suggestion into consideration some great campaign factions in Rome 2 is the iceni, carthage, Macedon/Epirus or Egypt. This obviously applies after this campaign.

Reminds me of the Western Rome campaign, great series so far

If you press on the archer tower icon at the top of the screen in battle, you can make then shoot fire arrows which rip into morale. You can also choose which enemy they target unlike in other TW games.

Also, Apollo these are the best videos i have ever seen and you keep making my day better and better. I hope you reach a million subs and beyond. Keep up the great work and I know you'll reach 1,000,000 subs. I can't keep saying this enough but thank you for all your hard work and we all appreciate it. If you are just watching this video and you are new, remember to immediately like, subscribe and hit that bell. Best of Luck Apollo!

@WilliamChow-eb8sl

2 ай бұрын

can you also reply to the message below? It would be really helpful if I could know.

Oh! Oh no I did not even notice the small UI... I cannot unsee it now. Not really a problem, can still make out all the info. The involvement is very cool Apollo. The dream of a one front campaign has disappeared for now, hopefully can get things back under control!

Another great ep!!

Hey Apollo really loving this series ! Bannerlord has been a bit repetitive lately plus with the new sow shogun out on Hulu so it really fits the vibe can’t wait for more episodes

THISS IS AMAZINGG

OH YAY ❤🎉 Its nice to See you playing a short Shogun 2 campaign 😊 The most of Videos are Reactions, so its nice to See you gaming ✊👏

Keep the tips coming... 😅 .. thanks for all the varied content!!

@PixelatedApollo1

3 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Finally another episode!

Keep itu up bro, i love your video, especially the shogun wars too

Apollo, next time when you defend on siege battle. You should spread your line infantry on the wall by left click and drag them forward they will fight as a single line. So more guns can shot at the same time. And you should only use 2 lines on wall defend when you have bow units.

Can’t wait for the next episode 👍

You are a legend man

Watching Apollo play this makes me want to get the game myself

Hey Apollo nice to see you playing Shogun 2 i love your Videos ❤ 20:33 little Tipp for your Sieges: Dont put your crappy Garrison Guns to the "best spot". Send your Guns with the most Skill to the spot on the wall where they can shot first or have the highest ground so they can do the most damage on the melee units. You should also put them toe to toe on the wall so all of them can shoot the melee units of the enemy. You can run out your General to one side wenn there are only melee and cav and then you can bait the enemy cav or even the General to chaise you and then your Guns will have a free kill on that unit. You should also put every unit on guard mode so Guns will shoot even when they are a little bit in melee. And please please please dont recruite so much spears my heart bleeds every time i see you clicking on them because only more Guns are more Guns 😅 Love your Videos ❤

i am so keen for this series

I'll help the algorithm while also plugging my idea of an in-depth Wartales playthrough.

I’m really excited for the next episode, you should do empire darthmod or something after this, keep it up

Very topical right now with the Shogun TV show :D

TIGERS! TIGERS! TIGERS!

Enjoying the new content roster brother.

click and drag the left corner of the map to make it bigger. should work

You are the G

I’m back baby, good vid!

yes keep uploading daily i support this man

Thanks!

@PixelatedApollo1

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I'm shocked how few comments you get. I love your videos, I've been watching them for years

There's a cool mod where you can force your spear infantry to use their spears in combat instead of katanas which they shouldn't even have as ashigaru. Maybe there's one for rifle bayonets too instead of the Sabres on every rifleman

The battle against the Sendai was, when the gunner brings a knife to a spear fight.

May the force be with you... Burn Your gates lol

Just for reference, generally, unless you have Kneel Fire or elevation in play, the only units who can fire for gunmen are the frontmost ones so having them clumped up is less advisable. Also, what I’d advise for sieges is to have LOTS of spear units on backup for the gunmen positioned on walls, then recede them once the enemy begins to scale your walls and replace with spear/swordmen. I get it’s kinda common sense but I noticed that you didn’t do that, and I really want you to beat the Emperor and unify Japan once more!

Did You Know: Biggus Dickuss great great grand father is from Japan? Littlus Dickuss

1:12 Let the tips keep coming 🤤 Apollo - 2024

Recruit geisha and leave them in settlements to boost income and town happieness plus gain experience at the same time. Also 1 gun unit will easily hold back plus route 2 enemy gun units so its worth keeping them in the walls to fight

first comment after following you for at least 7 years

I’ve been waiting for another episode! Yahtzee

Hi Apollo, you made some mistake in FOTS 1. Do not explore for new clans unnecessarily, people across the map will declare war on you for no reason 2. Your daimyo have too low honour due to breaking in alliance (that's why you shouldn't ally with anyone before Realm divide). You could gain some back by heroic victory and vassalling. That's the reason your general defected as they have low loyalty due to dishonorable daimyo. Be careful employing new generals, each new generals have lower loyalty as well 3. After defeating an army, you should quickly pursue and take towns and sue for peace if necessary 4. Fertile soil farm is very wealthy , upgrade it 5. Fortress in not that important compared to economic building. 6. In regular Shogun 2 if some general have higher level than your daimyo it might defect. Not sure whether this applies in FOTS.

@isaacthemagnificent5517

2 ай бұрын

The northern town Ugo and Uzen have great bonuses to troop as well. One give crazy accuracy bonus to infantry and artillery and one give crzay charge bonus which is really good for Yari Kii and Shogitai

MORE!!

Absolutely love watching your videos, but I was wondering if we are ever going to see Balin and his mad lads again?

Thx u for making more videos

Great episode man quick tip don't trust anyone in game 😊

W Apollo

Are you ever gonna make a new video on that medieval castle (rust) type game? It seemed really cool

Tyyyyggguurzz tyyguurzz… - Arnold Swarzenegger

The thing I struggle with most is attacking the forts

It's best to keep your navy near you bc you can use them in a seige battle.

Are you gonna play Manor lords once it comes out next month? Also, I love your content ❤

looooong time watcher, mainly lurker. You like all the games I like. Coincidence? I think not!

When in siegemode, Isn't it possible to make the towers fire as well??

PA doing a FoTS campaign in 2024? Sign me up IMMEDIATELY.

Man love you from Bangladesh

Keep going apollo

I hope you read this. You can upgrade both the city and an fort It's not like mediaeval 2