Talk:Strategy and Tactics/@comment-2600:6C51:7E80:16EC:6567:CDA6:3D96:57F2-20181120124022

The Japanese used bamboo/wooden "pavisse" like shields. As Ashigaru are a part of this game. Don't know why it's not featured in this game. I know it's weird to have a troop entirely dedicated to lumbering a large shield around but it gives archery a whole new meaning as it was for the Japanese. And two, firearms weren't "introduced" or just coming to be as you wrote but that it didn't had prominence when they interacted with it. During this period, Ming dynasty(Chinese) and Joseon dynasty(Korean) firearms are just as good if not better than any European firearm at the time.