does anyone else think province defense can be levied to quickly?

[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.

[Zurai]

Originally posted by carpet herpes:
im making the same amount as my buddy also, both using alchemy to get that amount in one round (or around there).

Then your buddy is being foolish. For the same 1275 gold, you can recruit a MUCH stronger army that can move (for instance, 10 Knights and ~60 Longbows, which will beat nearly any province defense... would have problems vs 50 Jotuns and possibly vs Ulm's pd, but that's about it). Province defense isn't useful enough to buy 50 points of it vs humans unless you literally have nothing else to spend it on.

[Yossar]

Or by not using alchemy and keeping 1275 gold worth of fire gems you could summon 15 summer lions which would most likely rip up that PD as well.

[Alexander Seil]

PD essentially represents feudal/provincial levies, hence you can have "national" troops in recently conquered provinces, representing local lords/ex-governors adapting to their new masters.

[PvK]

Ok, so spells like Horde From Hell, Call of the Wild, and Black Hawks (forgot exact name) must simply include extra non-combat logistics summons or post-combat flights, which if their distant attacks are successful, will transfer any amount of gold and/or national equipment (and in some cases, transport or summon national creatures) to equip the new militia appropriately. Or, their is a world-wide courier service for such tasks, if and when the price is right, which is also used by deathmatch attendees, mercenaries, etc.

PvK

[DLC]

the thing is you would have to move that army to the front... with PD you have it exactly where you want it if you have the money to spend(Fever fetisches, blood stones)

[numskully]

the thing is you would have to move that army to the front

so true, why do that when you can levi a pile of PD that you dont have to pay upkeep on, can be levied in one turn, and respawns if not killed in one turn

Or by not using alchemy and keeping 1275 gold worth of fire gems you could summon 15 summer lions which would most likely rip up that PD as well.

you can summons all those in one turn? and they are all in the choke point also?

Then your buddy is being foolish. For the same 1275 gold, you can recruit a MUCH stronger army that can move (for instance, 10 Knights and ~60 Longbows, which will beat nearly any province defense... would have problems vs 50 Jotuns and possibly vs Ulm's pd, but that's about it). Province defense isn't useful enough to buy 50 points of it vs humans unless you literally have nothing else to spend it on.

you can recruit that army in one turn in a castle that is pulling resources from one other province? please tell me how