Making suggestions without explaining things is remarkably unhelpful. Why would we switch the two, when the mechanics for the castles fit the pastoral settlements (no tax options, endless happiness) better than the city options. If you are thinking of the battlemap then you've mistaken the moddibilty of that area.
Foot
Eng... foot, I think I've mention the city_defences and castle_defences structures on the EDB..... and you must allready done the settlement plan swap, right? I meant the battle plan described on descr_cultures thingies or something.... I think that was changeable a bit...
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