Mountain Citadel vs. Dark Citadel

[Maltrease]

Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
I'd need to check with someone, since I always pick Fortified City (13 letters, compared to the castle's puny 6)

Ya... good old LUCKY thirteen. Thats alway treated me real well! [cough]

Six is closer to 7, which is defined quite literally as being pretty damn good... as far numbers go at least.

Mountain is equally close BTW

[Cohen]

Yes they're difficult to storm, but with cost 750 and 5 turns to build you can have very few of them compared to other castles type, and won't give you many money and resources as other castles.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Maltrease:
Six is closer to 7, which is defined quite literally as being pretty damn good... as far numbers go at least.

Mountain is equally close BTW

In that case, the fort of choice is the "Citadel", with exactly 7 letters. I expect to see you using this more!

[liga]

Mountain Citadel:

double wall & gates (= inner yard, 2 squares wide)
32 firing points from front towers & side towers

dark citadel:

Dark Citadel:

long passage with giant rock teeths (2/3 wide)
0 firing points

good play
Liga

[Norfleet]

Interestingly, it's rare to see anyone pick anything other than the Castle, Fortress, Watchtower, Mausoleum, or Wizard's Tower, with the castle by far the overwhelming favorite. Very rarely somebody will take a fortified city (and lose), and some newbie's first game may invoke a Dark Citadel, but nobody ever takes the Mountain Citadel: To understand what the strengths of the mountain citadel over the dark citadel are, you'd have to not be a newbie, as the stats on paper look better for the Dark Citadel....but if you're not a newbie, you're probably not taking EITHER of these hideously expensive yet poor admin forts.

[Yossar]

Originally posted by Yossar:

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Originally posted by HotNifeThruButr:
Mountain Citadels are a **** to storm. I'm pretty sure they're the ones the AI is so fond of, with the long, narrow chokepoint and the towers right on top of it.

That's the one. Can be pretty fun for Miasma Ctis.

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Actually I was thinking of Hill Fortress. Is Mountain Citidel basically the same thing except a bit tougher? There are very few circustances under which I can see a 750 gold Fortress being a good investment, though.

[Cohen]

I don't believe that those "32" firing points make real difference when you come under siege, and you'ren't able to break siege by sallying forth or sending troops from neighbouring provinces.

If you're able, those firing points don't matter at all.