Just a quick poll question re: forts

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'm just curious, I don't use them often, but I'm wondering do EB fans or members use them much. Would be interested in knowing the results, so why not put a poll up.

[Warlord 11]

Nope

[Kralizec]

Lots

You're not thinking of removing them are you?

[Teleklos Archelaou]

I'm just asking. I don't use them much and am curious about whether others do.

[paullus]

Is there something cool you could do if they weren't in? Or are you just asking to distract people from that forum game thread?

I like to use them in passes, or in open, vulnerable areas away from a major settlement, I think of them as military settlements (too bad I can't get taxes from them, but oh well).

[Antagonist]

I use them occasionally if I'm in hostile territory with a small infantry army, or to defend a position, and sometimes if I'm in a role-playing mood I'll put any active field armies in a fort during the Winter turn, but other then that not much.

I still think they should be there though, forts and watchtowers are a good addition to the strategic game even if they aren't perhaps fully fleshed-out as a game mechanic.

Antagonist

[the_handsome_viking]

I like to use forts in war time and well sometimes just for defencive reasons.

It would be cool to have celtic brochs as forts.

[tk-421]

I put them at strategic river crossings near enemy territory every now and again but that's about it. Once I had a half stack army surrounded by two full stack rebel armies of superior quality troops in Wales. I built a fort and made them attack me there instead of in the open field. I still lost, but I killed way more of them than I would have out in the open.

[cmacq]

I like to use forts in war time and well sometimes just for defencive reasons.

It would be cool to have celtic brochs as forts.

Actually, found only in Scotland the broch was an adapation of the British Iron Age Roundhouse. The Roundhouse far predates the Britons or anything remotely Celtic in the Britian. They were residential and defended more against the elements than men. Also structurally, more like a keep than a fort. Now a small fenced enclosure, Dunn like, would be the same as an informal fort, and appears to have been used very often in Gaul in the 1st century BC.





CmacQ

[theoldbelgian]

well i must say this is quite a nice pyramid poll:)
I use them to stop armies from besieging the city's and to lure armies

[cmacq]

When placing forts its very important that they’re used as part of a defensive system, wherein the garrisons are composed of well balanced combined-arms teams. Make sure they are positioned to be mutually supporting. Also when you organize your reserves, provide that they are mobile and well positioned to react to a possible point of contact within one turn. That means you position the fort in such a way that you don’t block a potential relieve force from being able to engage the enemy. If you don't use these little guide lines, one could lose several rather large garrisons very quickly, with little recourse.




CmacQ

[Megas Methuselah]

Thanks for the advice on combined arms, cmaq. However, I hold your concern of losing garrisons in scorn. What's the value of a few lazy, conscripted peasants? Not much, I can tell you that, especially if they're foreign auxiliaries. Acceptable loss.

[vizigothe]

I use them if I get caught in the field during the winter. Like in the mountains where trying to get to some far off rebel city takes forever and my general gets sick and then out of nowhere 4 full stacks of rebels.

The I go into a fort and hide while my general decides he doesn't want to be sick and on his deathbed anymore.

Edit: I also used them to block passes to prevent pesky horse arhcer armies from invading me and terrorizing my lands.

[TekcoR]

I maintain a few forts, mostly along my border with the Getai. It is the only way I can assure a peaceful order between civilization and the barbarians!

[The_Brittunculi]

I use them to block land bridges and mountain passes mainly. I also sometimes use them to hold out while on the defensive for another turn if reinforcements are far off.

[IrishHitman]

Occasionally.

I find Macedonia lacking when it comes to siege warfare, I prefer open battles a lot more.

[Ibrahim]

long time no see Archelou.

but yeah, forts are frequently used by myself. not all the time, but when able to, or when necessary.

[LordCurlyton]

Where's the zombies?
Klaatu Barata Nic*cough cough*

[QuintusSertorius]

When I get really bored of fighting the same battles over and over again, I sometime drop strategically-placed forts to deter the AI for a while.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

I use forts as settlements and town that the game cant represent.

[LordCurlyton]

Braaaaaiiiiiinnnnsssss.............
*munches on two-year old thread instead*

[Megas Methuselah]

Please stay on topic, Curly. The EB Team has a zero-tolerance policy towards spam.

@Olaf Blackeyes: That sounds interesting. But wouldn't that decrease your income level by a considerable amount, as well as occupy units which could be better used for garrison duty in major cities, or serve on the front?

@Marcus: Heh heh, sorry. I forgot I was using the search function at the time. Btw, Reverand Joe is funny.

[Maion Maroneios]

I use them quite frequently, especially when I am underway a military campaign. It's the only way to avoid bad traits, or at least you have a better chance to do so. I also use them to fortify northern Hellas, placing forts manned by small garrisons blocking all mountain passages.

Maion

[a completely inoffensive name]

I only use them to block off rivers and mountain passes.

[Ca Putt]

i have some forts arround syria, with only one noob general inside, not to realy to defend my borders but to uy myself 3 extra turns to react on a Seleukid/Ptolemai attack and to prevent those buggers to seige Antiochia^^. Oh, and sometimes when i ventrue arround with several armies to ensure they are not crippled one after an other.

[kekailoa]

They're kind of deathtraps, like someone said earlier. The enemy will just wait you out rather than assault, and sallying out just makes a battle more difficult.

[Cbvani]

I use them alot, especially as the Romans. They are good for defense in enemy territory.

[Chris1959]

Playing as the Romanii I use them a lot, as a trip wire defense at chokepoints and a place to garrison my legions outside settlements and when I get Imperial reforms I will build serious frontier defences with them!

[Hooahguy]

used them a bit ago to box in an enemy army who was in my territory. ill post a pic later on....

[Reno Melitensis]

It seems that every one playing as the Romans use forts more often than other players do. So do I as the Romans. I built forts in mountain passes, river crossings and at bridge heads, first to control the AI movment around my territory the second to protect conquered territories. Generally I like my forts to be permanent, even if no garrison is present, so I send a spy to occupy the fort.

Cheers.