[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Murph:
I haven't found any reason to use anything else. As far as point cost/price and value is concerned, I don't really see a decent alternative, unless you really have sucky troops, then you want something with higher defense, because you'll be hiding a lot.

Well, if you have really sucky troops, hiding is only going to prolong the inevitable slightly, at best: Meanwhile, it'll be that much harder for you retake your own fortress with your sucky troops, since the casualties you'll sustain while establishing the siege will likely prevent you from being quite as effective in bLasting your way in and storming the place under fire. Those high-defense forts may very well prove counterproductive, since with bad troops, it's very likely you'll lose ground before you can rally enough of them to retake.

Originally posted by Graeme Dice:
I happen to really like the wizard's tower for nations that have powerful national mages, and fairly useful troops.

Yeah, but the wizard's tower is a major ouch in the national point Category, and isn't THAT much faster to build than the castle is.