SAMURAI SHOWDOWN

[EdwinLi]

Just remember the interview with yoshi and how he said if Samurai goes the Tank route it would be called "Shogun" and if DPS would be called "Samurai".

Can anyone explain why he associates those roles with said names?

Shoguns are usually the Samurai with higher stats thus having access to more fancy and heavy armor people tend to picture as "Samurai Armor".


Samurai, based on their stats in society and/or what they can obtain has their armor vary in type as Millerna said

As for armour, they've used anything from simple cloth to plate to a combination of plate, chain, splint and cloth in a single set of armour.

Not all Samurai had access or used heavy plated type armor nor have access to it.

[Krissey]

Shoguns are usually the Samurai with higher stats thus having access to more fancy and heavy armor people tend to picture as "Samurai Armor".


Samurai, based on their stats in society and/or what they can obtain has their armor vary in type as Millerna said



Not all Samurai had access or used heavy plated type armor nor have access to it.

Actually that's essentially true of all fighters from European Knights to Norse Raiders (Vikings). Essentially more money = more protection. Not every Knight was in "Shining Armor" (Full Plate) because that stuff was crazy expensive. Some would wear anything from again padded leather, thick cloth, chain mail, splint mail and anything and everything in between.

[Millerna]

Shoguns are usually the Samurai with higher stats thus having access to more fancy and heavy armor people tend to picture as "Samurai Armor".


Samurai, based on their stats in society and/or what they can obtain has their armor vary in type as Millerna said

Not all Samurai had access or used heavy plated type armor nor have access to it.

This is a fairly typical set of armour for a low-ranking samurai (from a fairly late time period):



(there's several more images, just change the '28' in the url. They show detail bits as well.)

Obviously, not all samurai had armour, many were forced to sell it during times when there was no war (and thus no real need for samurai). Once the arquebus (tanegashima) became more popular, they started using more foot soldiers (ashigaru) which were more often than not peasants trained to use the arquebus. So again, samurai weren't quite as much needed during those times, especially since ashigaru were much cheaper to employ.

Either way, what it comes down to, is that samurai were trained in multiple weapons and multiple fighting styles. So, they could go either way really (even from a historical point of view)