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Originally posted by chtronk:
Hello !
I'm a french player. I got the game for 2 weeks, and I have a little (and stupid http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )question :
Do you use province defenses ? It costs a lot and seems useless against "medium" armies. If you use it, do you set it to 20 ? Or more ?

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">French ? Alors bienvenue � toi dans le (petit) monde des joueurs fran�ais de Dom2 ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Note that there are here many (hidden) prominent French masters : Nagot Gick Fell, Pocus, Sunray_be
being the ones I knew are French (or play it very well, or Belgian maybe http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif )
If you're interested in pbeming with other French speaking people drop me a email.

About PD it's useful to have some in important/rich provinces to prevent them from being grabbed by a flock of (big black) birds, and to detect scout/spies.
These provinces should have say 10-20 defense.
Else PD usefulness is VERY variable according to nations, look at the manual for what you get : Jotun and Ulm are very good (although Jotun Militia has a morale problem), Arco and Pythium PD suck big time, etc..
With "dead" Ermor you often can't afford any, and don't care about it, as you rule barren desert with no *living* inhabitants http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

Anyway more than 20-25 is more often than not a waste of gold (as each level cost "that level" in GP), unless you're bathing in gold.