Mountain Citadel vs. Dark Citadel

[ioticus]

Why would you choose a mountain citadel over a dark citadel? The dark citadel costs less gold, doesn't take as long to build, and has more admin all for the same amount of points. What is the advantage of the mountain citadel?

[Maltrease]

Well for one, mountain has more letters than dark. And thats pretty cool!

Another reason comes into play if you were actually to assault the fortress. A mountain citidel has much more defensive walls and shoots 32 arrows a turn.

I'm not sure what the dark citadel has... but it is not as good.

Frankly though... the number of letters is almost enough for me (if I ever chose anything besides a castle that is).

[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.

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

[ioticus]

OK, a dumb question: what are "letters?"

[Sindai]

Originally posted by splooger:
OK, a dumb question: what are "letters?"

*Dies laughing.*

Here's a hint: there are seven of them in "letters."

[Yossar]

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.

[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