destruction of buildings

[Ikken Hisatsu]

so there I am having a nice little war with france, when the danes send over a few troops and attack northumbria. the garrison there is one hundred peasants- the attacking force was about 500 vikings, royal knights, archers and of course some ballistas. needless to say I decided that retreating to the castle was the best idea.

and then it gives me the message that SEVEN of my buildings have been destroyed. they were of course my most important and expensive buildings, and because my army was cut off from the island by a french blockade (playing with the medmod)I had to sit and wait to create an army from the surrounding provinces. at the end of it all northumbria was a little woodem shack with a dock and some base unit buildings.

this is a real pain in the ass. apart from how ludicrous it is (really, if you were invading a country, would you go and destroy all of the stables, bowyers, smithies.... I didnt think so) it then takes AGES to build it all back up again. so my question is this- are there any mods out there that lower the destruction? I mean maybe one or two buildings might be destroyed in the chaos, but seven is a bit excessive- not to mention the degradation of the castle down a level with each successful invasion (what do they do, take apart a fortress just for the fun of it- sound tactical thinking there)

also, what does the buildings damaged mean? something thats always bugged me.

[frogbeastegg]

Damaged buildings are ones that have been knocked back a level. For example a master bowyer gets damaged, this reduces it to bowyers guild. You still lose something but it is not quite as bad as total destruction of the entire building.

I think the Viking Invasion add-on changed things so attackers have to take the entire province before anything is destroyed or damaged. If there is an army huddled in the castle nothing is destroyed. I say I think because it has been a while since I last played the campaign modes.

[torsoboy]

I thought that if you choose to retreat to your stronghold nothing is destroyed until the invaders really conquer the province, but could be wrong. Evidently I am...

Damage means that a building is downgraded, not destroyed. For example if a County Militia is damaged it could be downgraded to Town Guard.

edit: beaten