Defence. In-castle or out?

[Beirut]

When stationing troops in a province purely for the defence of it, is there a difference the AI picks up on whether your untis are in the castle or not?

Will the AI invade a province with 500 men outside a castle but not with 500 men in it?

Thanks.

[Kraxis]

There is no difference. They will all come out to play when an enemy enters the province.

The only time it can have an effect is if you place a king who has a Virtue (or Vice) as a defender in the castle just when an heir is about to come of age... The heir's rank is determined by his father's and some fluctuation.

[Beirut]

Gracias. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Ludens]

IIRC somewhere in the Shogun archive it was mentioned that the AI doesn't see troops garrisoned inside a castle as a threat. This was useful when trying to convince paranoid daimyo's that you really wanted peace, or to prevent massive troop build-up. I do not know whether it still applies to MTW.

[Kraxis]

Hm... didn't know that. Could be it still applied, that would be interesting.