[numskully]

Uh, for one thing the computer NEVER spends nearly as much money on province defense as that, and for another thing if you're playing multiplayer and someone has the money to drop on THAT much province defense, you've already lost and getting that castle back won't do much for you anyway. 50 PD is 1275 gold. For 50 (in most cases) units, most of them with cruddy equipment and equally cruddy morale. The nations that get more than one unit per point of PD get that many because their PD is even worse than normal.

im not talking about computer players, but human players blocking important choke points. im making the same amount as my buddy also, both using alchemy to get that amount in one round (or around there). so i havent allready lost. and yes, getting that castle back is an important area to own. its the top-middle area on the map "Karan". you can push easily throughout that area of the map if you own a castle there.