It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligence )
 

Usually I do LAN multiplayer games of Dominions_2... but during one of my single player games I actually witnessed one of the computer AIs build fortresses ! Now this is on the large Faerun, turn_100 and this AI owns almost half the map... but it did actually build two fortresses.
--This AI owns half the map because I was getting pounded by three other AIs in the beginning.--

I did astral window to verify it wasn't a magic site too. And these were two provinces which do not have any starting fortress.


** Unfortunately the poor location and zero magic sites indicates their was no logic or intelligent decision made for it to build these fortresses. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligence )
 

As the AI doesn't build fortresses, those are probably produced by an event. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligenc
 

Jipp,

i also think so, it happens quite often!

Re: It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligence )
 

I never had an event build a fortress where no magic site exists within the province.

Re: It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligenc
 

It happens quite a bit.

Re: It Finally Happened ( Artificial Intelligenc
 

I must have terrible luck then... I've only acquired a castle-type from magic sites.

I was the King of the hill!
 

In "King of the Hill 2" an absolutly "offial game" with emor
turmoil 3 and unfortune 2 i got 1 province (with necromancers) in the "world" phytium and in the next the was a hillfortress suddenly in the same pro :-)

And so i had a very VERY strong outpost there. That was Uberluck²

Re: I was the King of the hill!
 

Out of curiousity... what does the event say which gives the Fortress ??
maybe because I only play at Luck_1 is why I don't see this event.

Re: I was the King of the hill!
 

It probably needs either Order or Production, too.

One says that a local Baron has built a fortress to protect him from the peasants who areacting agressively, other says building of a ring wall around the city has finally been completed (Fortified City!), and there might be third event too.

Re: I was the King of the hill!
 

I can vouch for that. Some luck you had there.
Caused me to divert effort from the hill http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: I was the King of the hill!
 

There are just two events that can spawn a fortress:

A local lord has built a fortress to defend his lands from revolting peasants.

The construction of a new ring wall defending a major city is completed. People from near and far are gathering to seek comfort and commerce in the city. Tax revenues have been permanently increased by 20 pounds of gold.

Lacking Excel on this computer I can not check which sites that spawn a fortress when detected or how common they are.

Re: I was the King of the hill!
 

Yeah the fortified city event is usually nice, but I got it once in a province adjacent to my home city and another major building fortress (both are not adjacent to each other) which cut down my available resource quit heavily...

...then again, it was later in the game and I did not need much resources anymore. I do not recall the actual scales, but given that it was in strong dominion, it must have been Order+3, Sloth+3, Growth+3, Cold+3, Luck+1 (or +2?), Magic+3 (Caelum). So Production is definitely not necessary for this event to happen. However, I cannot recall the actual luck score...