Quote Originally Posted by Brandy Blue View Post
This isn't exactly on topic, but close enough.

You know those fortification upgrades that don't change your fortification type but do make it easier to defend? I'm talking about ballista towers, catapult towers, etc. I never build them because my plan is to invade other peoples' territory, not let them invade mine. Sure there are times they would be very handy, but it just doesn't seem to be worth the cost and build time. Since I've never seen them mentioned on this site, I assume other players don't use them either.

So, I think they might be - not exactly lost features, but features which would have been useful if they had been fully implemented.

By the way, does anyone ever bother to build them? If so, why?
I find them flippin' annoying. Mostly when I'm trying to rape & pillage -- sorry, sorry, creatively redistribute wealth & resources in newly annexed provinces for the glory of the Motherland -- because when they've been built you can only destroy the upgrade, not the structure it's built on. S'flippin' annoying to go to war for a quick cash injection, steal a province with a castle, smash it to pieces & get, ooh, twenty-three pence in return...