Can I get some cheese with that...

[NTJedi]

I was reading where it's 300_Gold per castle... and it can be as much as 450_Gold per castle. In any case just 10 provinces each with castles is over 3000 gold ! A very deadly army can be made with 3000 gold. That's 20 Hunter Knights from Machaka with 500 gold to spare.

Also a good strategy for stopping the castle strategy is removing the control of the province during construction. It takes 3 turns to build... a stealth army or ghost riders or call of the wild... etc.
Another idea is if you are currently the strongest... send a message thru the game to your opponents saying,"If you build a castle on our borders then I will consider this an act of war." Even someone of equal strength could be intimidated as a result.

The biggest part of multiplayer is diplomacy not some VQ or castling strategy. Players should be focusing on stopping the strongest player. If players A and B combined are the same strength of player C... then player A & player B should make an alliance against player C and make an agreement based on honor not to fight each other for 10 days or so. Peace Treaties... part of history.

[ May 26, 2004, 19:34: Message edited by: NTJedi ]