Destroying Buildings

[ThorfinnSkullsplitter]

Just wondering about the purpose of destroying buildings on the battle map.Does it effect the territory strategically,or is it just a cool f/x?

[Yager]

From the sounds of it there will be farmland and such to be burned. If that ties into the strategic map.... I'll be raiding aplenty.

[Katama-san]

Loot?

If it's like STW, you get cash for destroying buildings. Dunno if that applies in MTW though.

[Aelfred Magna]

It increases the dread level of your general . . . beyond that, I dunno.

[Emp. Conralius]

When you conquer a province, you automatically aquire pillaged florins. As far as burning farms, you can. You can burn any buildings that you see. Your soldiers go up to the building and throw torches into the structure. But you cant burn crops or the actual farm land.

[A Nerd]

I think it can be FX as well...for example if you have a fight amongst some buildings and they are accidential or intentionally destroyed during the fight it will be fun...to destroy, to see destroyed, to see with battle field carnage and to possibley have to pay or rejoice with the conseqauences!

[Stephen Hummell]

In the demo I burn every building I can get my hands on.

[mizuYari]

There is a strategic consequence of burning building. Here is my inference.

In STW, building gets automatically downgraded or destroyed when there is a siege. You can't purposefully destroy buildings in battle.

In MTW, it seems we could burn buildings down. So, there is this to consider:

1. If you are defender, if you see that you really abandon the province, you may want to burn the buildings before running away/surrender.

2. If you are defender, if you want to reconquer the land, perhaps you better preserve some buildings (and hope the attackers turn defenders wont torch it later).

3. If you are attackers, you may want to preserve the buildings because these might become yours.

4. If you are attackers and only is on a pillage mission, may be burning down the buildings would be one of your objectives.

MizuYari

[Dionysus9]

Good points Yari, I hope that is how it works.

Makes for some good old fashioned Russian slash and burn tactics.