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Christianity's upsides are better wealth generation and chi art research speeds, better religious agents, much better trade ships, and earlier access to imported matchlocks. Its downsides are the removal of warrior monks, bad relations with other daimyo, reduced honor, and the fact that most of the map is Buddhist meaning slower expansion as you waste time converting the population.

With that in mind, it's clear that Christianity is best for the early-mid game, where wealth growth is essential and wresting control of trade nodes is a big deal. The extra chi research means either more advanced chi tech for the same amount of time or more time to devote to bushido arts. 

In the late game, Buddhism becomes superior once a big war chest is saved up, techs are researched and the trade nodes are firmly under control. Bow warrior monks are just that good, easily worth the hassle of reconverting, and the increased long term happiness makes it easier to integrate territories.

With that in mind, I will be examining each faction and how suited they are to converting to Christianity (and back again later).

• Shimazu: Shimazu has a mid-aged daimyo, perfect for conversion (after he dies, you can convert back at will). Shimazu daimyos even have 1 extra honor, making the honor hit not as painful. It also greatly benefits from the better ships as most of the trade nodes are nearby. 5/5.

• Mori: An old daimyo and a dependence on ships, with a similar proximity to trade nodes, makes this a no-brainer too. 5/5.

• Chosokabe: More interesting. Chosokabe have the best bow warrior monks in the game so losing them is a little silly. On the other hand, their starting province of Tosa means that they get a tiny amount of trade ports that actually connect with their capital, so building as many Nanban Quarters on Shikoku as possible maximizes trade income. Old daimyo and proximity to nodes too. 5/5--but with the caveat of strongly considering switching back to Buddhism at some point to regain access to the monks.

• Hattori: Old daimyo, yes, but far from nodes and also surrounded by others in a precarious position. Not a great time or place to make your neighbors angry. 2/5.

• Oda: Middle aged daimyo, also surrounded by people who hate it, far from nodes. Matchlocks are historically accurate so it may be worth conversion, but a difficult way to play. 3/5.

• Tokugawa: same as above. 3/5.

• Takeda: Young daimyo that can survive the whole campaign. Super far from nodes, surrouded by hostiles. I would discourage going through the trouble of converting. Takeda armies are very shock and offfense oriented, which may work with matchlocks but not really worth the hassle. 2/5.

• Hojo: Older daimyo. Access to the best European cannons in the game. Nominally, this makes for a great candidate. But European cannons are awful, even with Hojo bonuses, and the nodes are still far away. It's one of the better candidates in eastern Japan but it's not great. 3/5.

• Uesugi: Youngest daimyo that will live through the whole campaign, bonus to Buddhist monk agents, far from nodes, superior warrior monks!! What are you doing converting? 0/5! 

• Date: Young daimyo that will probably live through most of the campaign. However...Date armies are built around the charge, making bows less of a good fit. In addition the lands to the north are rich and becoming Christian just makes them all the more richer. Next to one solitary node, which often gets attacked despite its position. A lot of pros and cons on this one. 2.5/5. 

This version of the Battle of Waterloo is largely the same as the campaign version, but with one crucial difference: while the campaign version has the French army having a massive experience advantage, in this one it's much more evenly matched. 

My strategy in the campaign version was to have all the cavalry, the horse artillery, and a couple of infantry move to the east and rout the Prussians as they spawned while the remaining infantry and artillery mow down the British as they advanced. 

This is still possible in the Battles version, but it's much more dicey. Your infantry aren't nearly as good, so the British can punch through your middle and left through sheer firepower and numbers alone. The Prussian side on the right is still ok because your success there largely depends on the charge skill of units, which isn't affected by experience--but your left flank just can't consistently hold it.

You could shift around some units from my previous strategy to make it work, but just for fun, let's use an alternate strategy--the one that was probably intended by Creative Assembly.

Attacking the British flank

A frontal charge with all your units is a bad idea for a plethora of reasons: you have height disadvantage, artillery disadvantage, range disadvantage thanks to the numerous Jagers and light infantry the British have, and three indestructible houses from which the British can shoot you with impunity. Hideous. 

The right side has an impassable cliff that would funnel your troops straight to the center, or a giant loop around that would lead you to the Prussians.

The left is the only clear path. Gather up all your infantry--minus one or two regiments to defend your artillery, who in turn should be pounding away at any exposed cavalry the other side has--and run them all to the left side, behind the ditch where you're initially set up. WIth the fusiliers leading the charge, clear out the forest to the north, then squeeze as many units as possible firing on the house and the left-most British infantry. Try to have the fusiliers soak up most of the damage: they have the worst stats and are thus the most expendable. Roll up the British flank this way, forming concaves to concentrate fire on any units that respond. Form squares as you get close to their cavalry. 

The cavalry, meanwhile, have two choices: support the infantry on the left, or try to use my strategy on the right. It is highly effective but very micro-intensive. 

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A Tier

Essential technologies that you should prioritize as soon as you get access to them.

• Epic Architecture: You'll want to eventually build settlements everywhere, so the 10% decrease will help you throughout nearly the entire game. Unhappiness is also a prominent issue in FotS, so the extra happiness granted by this tech is very important. Finally it unlocks a bunch of arts, making it practically a requirement. Researching this tech first, no matter who you're playing as, is never a bad idea.
• Administrative Training: The first tech to directly increase income, also unlocking exactly one (arguably two) important tech. A strong early game priority.
• Domain and Realm: Maximizes effectiveness of all troops as it unlocks training camps. A must.
• Consular Court: The effects are largely meaningless, but the techs unlocked include getting access to foreign veterans, who are very useful. This is a low priority in the very early game but quickly becomes important as one reaches new modernisation levels.
• Cordial Relations: The direct effects are meaningless, but it unlocks trading ports, which make a lot of money and can train foreign agents.
• Foreign Affairs: Unlocks rails and the trading districts, which make money and insanely strong ships/infantry respectively.
• Abolition of Land Restriction/Capitalist Production/Central Reforms/Revised Land Tax: I'm lumping them here because they all effectively do the same thing: making more money. Researching all of them is very useful prior to realm divide. Prioritize central reforms/revised land tax if poor and land restriction/capitalist production if poor.

B Tier

Nice technologies to have that provide consistent benefits.

• Merchant Houses: Straight up increases wealth and practically nothing else. Considering the short amount of time to research it's an easy gimme, though it's not strictly essential.
• Charter Oath: The benefits are the strongest of any single tech, but nothing here is fully essential. Prefectures do more harm than good often. Grabbing this before RD and rapid expansion could save a nice bit of money.
• Gold Standard: Available in the very late game, unlocking a useful building that can only be built in one province. If you have time to research this after the essentials are done it's worth picking up, but it won't make a huge difference in gameplay.
• Western Agenda: Upgrading railway stations is a strong economic benefit, but several factions never get access to a significant number of rails before RD. The rest of the benefits are marginal.

C Tier

Luxuries at best and useless at worst, save these for last.

• Restoration of the Domain: It seems contradictory to list Epic Architecture on A and this on C, but its secondary effect, unlocking municipalities, isn't really necessary. Economic towns only need three slots, which is provided for by cities. Recruitment hubs only gain mininmal benefits from this.
• Surveillance: An extra 7% success rate isn't that useful, and you can always just put ishingumi in towns and wait for them to naturally level. If you're Jozai, though, the extra yugekitai are nice and this belongs on B tier.
• Tea Ceremony: Geisha almost strictly belong in towns to increase wealth. I found myself only using them in the very early game for emergency distractions or enchantments, when this tech wasn't available anyway. No unlocks either.
• Seclusion: By the time you access this your provinces should be well under control. No unlocks, annoying prerequisites. More useful if you're going independent since happiness is harder to come by.
• Censorship: Ditto. It takes longer to research this by itself than seclusion, but it has no prerequisites.
• Merchant House Selection: 10% upkeep, by the late game, is usually a couple thousand koku a turn at most. This is nice, but the other eco techs provide larger bonuses and also unlock stuff.
• Private Academies: If you play normally your generals should have very high honor anyway, and the game rarely attempts to convert your generals. The conversion rates increase is overkill for shogunate and imperial factions, but could be marginally useful for republics. Still would not recommend even for independent factions: you could use the research time for eco techs and then just make levies.
• Kokutai: Meaningless, particularly by the time its available.

It's not possible to research all arts within a reasonable time frame. I've never done it, and my longest campaign reached well over 150+ turns--and this was with all philosophical traditions, and all generals and monks being attuned specifically to increasing art mastery rates. So prioritization is key.

The top six techs are omitted because they're prerequisites for all other techs and thus should practically always be researched anyway.

A Tier

• Equal Fields: Upgrades farms, therefore allowing you to increase the wealth of all your towns. In the early game this makes a huge difference. Unlocks Chonindo, another essential art.
• Chonindo: Unlocks the full potential of your archers, as well as the full earning potential of your farms. This is practically a requirement pre-realm divide unless you're sitting on absurd amounts of money, as it allows you to squeeze as much money out of each province as possible without triggering realm divide.
• Essence of Spirit: Unlocks Bow Warrior Monks, which are the best archers in singleplayer.

B Tier

Situationally useful, depending on the situation you're in.

• Tea Ceremony: The extra honor can be useful depending on how high the daimyo's honor is by the time this art is available for the happiness bonus. Unlocks nice but non-essential arts.
• Tax Reform: Practically A tier, this art increases tax income and unlocks important arts. Unlocking Merchant Guild isn't as useful as it sounds however since it hurts long term wealth generation to build them. Research this after all the A tier stuff is done.
• Scholarship: Especially useful for Christian factions as it allows upgrading for churches. Unlocks useful technologies, and increases the chance of monk actions, all of which are useful. Unless you're Christian, though, none directly impact wealth generation or military effectiveness.
• Ninjutsu Mastery: Kisho ninja aren't a large part of most strategies, and are unavailable for much of the game anyway. Ninja success rates are already pretty high, particularly with proper training. Unlocking the Infamous Mizu Shobai District, however, generates some additional wealth and an additional assassin...if you have access to incense, which you probably won't unless you have a pretty significant navy come realm divide to secure the trade nodes.
• Calligraphy: I consider the diplomacy bonus to be largely useless because of how fickle the A.I is in terms of diplomacy. The increase in trade income, however, is useful and research of Calligraphy unlocks a couple of useful arts.
• Neo-Confucianism: Both effects are relatively meaningless, since by the time you can access this art you should be fine in terms of both conversion and happiness. Buildings unlocked are also relatively meaningless unless you keep losing monks and can really use that starting experience boost. The exception is if you're Christian, where the extra wealth granted, need for faster conversion, and better missionaries are all strong benefits. This also applies if you are about to convert to another religion.
• Kinza Mint: The huge wealth increase and unlocking of the Kabunakama (allowing for higher tier metsuke) make this the best late-game wealth increase technology, in case you are having financial troubles in the late game, but if you've prepared correctly you shouldn't be.

C Tier

Useless, or near useless. Only research if you have nothing better to do.

• Noh: Unless you constantly loot and betray allies, your daimyo should have high honor, which means that your generals should also have high honor, which makes this tech useless. Neither of the arts it unlocks are essential.
• Secret Police: Metsuke are undoubtedly at their most useful 95% of the time stationed in towns and making money. The only time they use money is when they're bribing enemy armies, which doesn't happen that often. The art it unlocks is unimportant.
• Sumo Tournament: The consumption of food this tech does heavily offsets the increase to tax income. By the time you access this art clan-wide happiness should no longer be an issue.
• Traditional Building: You shouldn't build many castles anyway because they reduce long term wealth, and the reduction to castle building times may save you at most one or two turns. The buildings unlocked are equally meaningless. The only saving grace of this art is the arts it unlocks, though they are all related to wealth creation and by the point you've unlocked this you probably already have more money than you know what to do with.
• Sword Hunt: Once again, Metsuke should be in towns to maximize effectiveness. Bribery is rarely the best course of action and plenty of other agents can remove agents from the world map. The extra happiness is meaningless by the late game, where all regions should be well under control.
• Epic Architecture: The extra money and happiness are practically meaningless! By the time you've researched this you're almost certainly mopping up Japan in the end game, and the roads and citadels unlocked are luxuries.

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Enemy generals gain exp at the same rates as yours, at 3 per lost fight and 10 per won battle. So what's preventing you from trapping an enemy general in place and continually sending single ashigaru regiments to fight them, having them retreat as soon as  the battle starts? This counts as a win for the enemy too, and after leveling the general appropriately you can then convert them with metsuke. This shouldn't even take too much effort: a stack of 20 units, each being sent one at a time to fight a general before retreating, would give said general 200 exp--enough to level him to lvl 4, while two stacks should be able to level an enemy general to level 6 instantly. That's a lot of experience to make a great commissioner. Will test when I have the chance.