I agree Kalt about the castles in Shogun. The AI almost always just starves you to destruction and seldom assaults. Unless relief can be gathered quickly you are better off leaving the province to avoid losses since buildings are wrecked anyway.

I'm curious about how often the AI will actually assault you in a castle in Medieval. If garrison strategic losses are slow enough such that the AI actually assaults with some regularity then ducking into the castles could work. Defending a castle has to be costly to the AI to make it worthwhile to the player. In Shogun it almost never is.

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[This message has been edited by Nelson (edited 08-07-2002).]