The problem of fort types

[Wauthan]

Sombre said:
So we have general agreement. Does anyone have any other ideas on how this could be improved?

If there would ever be a Dominions 4 then forts and battlefields could use an overhaul. In my opinion 'attacking the breach' is not nearly deadly enough. While the defender has an advantage it feels fairly small, and I'm not sure that the attacker risk losing far more units compared to a standard battle.

I've no suggestions that are simple and realistic enough to be implemented in a patch. Mostly because I don't know how hard it would be to implement bonuses or penalties for just one side. But a "cover" bonus seems approriate, which I guess would work like an airshield but affecting all ranged attacks (including spells). Or the wall could function as extra tiles of distance for the attacker, which means only some attacks can actually reach the defenders, until the enemy unit actually makes it through the gate.