I’ve been thinking about a concept for a Nippon faction, with a focus on how to distinguish how that faction plays from the other human factions, rather than just a Samurso aesthetic.
The idea that I’ve had is based on Samurai and martial arts films: have relatively low level heroes (maybe between Chosen Chaos Warriors/Grail Knights to Captain-level), either on foot or mounted, that can either be taken in small units of say 5-20 or individually. While they’d be backed up by relatively cheap Ashigaru units and artillery, Samurai and monks would be the main units of a small and elite army.
My main concern would be how would this faction interact with the rank-and-file style of the game, and also balancing it so that it’s not overpowered Herohammer or an underwhelming force that gets steamrollered every battle.
Wondered what people’s thoughts were on this idea.