And on that fateful day I gathered my best allies in the realm and marched forth to capture the last stronghold of the condemned Takeda clan, the city of Kofu. Little did any of us suspect that our dreams of glory and conquest were about to be crushed under a dreadful, towering wooden structure. This, my friends, is the tale of the ultimate shield of the Takeda:
Yes, that's it. That bridge is raised just enough that none of my men can cross it. Trying to make them follow me around the river they will follow just until they hit the margin and then proceed to retreat and crowd around the bridge again.
Of course I can still work around that by just convincing the AI take that fortress alone, but just knowing that I'll have to go and do that to every single fort using that layout, eh...
Yeah the defection mechanic can get pretty silly. Currently in my native game there are hordes of Swadian/Sarranids nobles in both Nord and the Rhodok lands. Which isn't that surprising since most of the Swadian lands are now Nord\Rhodok and the Khergits are decimating Sarranid lands.
Haha, yes. In gekokujo I barely notice it because everybody is Lord <japanese name> anyway, but it's really weird seeing stuff like Harald fighting for the Sarranids in vanilla