Castles and Moats in 6.0?

**strife1013** · March 21, 2008, 07:25 PM

I was wondering if there will be some castles in 6.0 that will have moats or maybe make it a "buliding" you can build for your castle such as you can build towers. I think that would be pretty tight, what do you guys think...I think they kinda had it in Kingdoms, havent played it because its so bugged just been playing SS 5.1b instead.

**Kain.146** · March 21, 2008, 09:34 PM

It would be great, though I never had chance to fight a battle in casttle with moat becoz of SS 5.1 lol

**strife1013** · March 22, 2008, 01:45 AM

That's it? No one else cares for this feature in the game or don't want it?

**JMSlayer** · March 22, 2008, 01:50 AM

There really isn't much of a future for it, because you'd have to code in a brand new siege engine, since unless you have a spy inside, there's no reason for them to lower the gate. Plus, the coding for moats would be INSANE.

**delra** · March 22, 2008, 02:26 AM

M3TW maybe.

**spanish_emperor** · March 22, 2008, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by delra

M3TW maybe.

well that would take around 7 year minimum, i can't wait that long

maybe some castles could have them? then

**Ketchup** · March 22, 2008, 04:54 AM

I agree it would take a ridiculously large amount of work/time and I reckon the pathfinding and AI issues would be huge too. A someone said, I suppose we'll have to wait for a M3:TW...

**delra** · March 22, 2008, 04:57 AM

I'm waiting since RTW...

**Inhuman One** · March 22, 2008, 05:34 AM

I find it rediculous actually that there where no moats in the vanilla version of medieval 2. It was very common to have moats around cities and castles. I visited two dutch castles in my life, both had a moat and they werent even such important or big castles.

Moats played a great part in medieval sieges. Its as weird as not being able to put archers on higher platforms on castles and towers.

**delra** · March 22, 2008, 07:53 AM

Blame CA. I do.

**Inhuman One** · March 22, 2008, 08:44 AM

They really dont know much from the medieval period it seems.

**llamasboy** · March 22, 2008, 11:43 AM

Well in Kingdoms, the moat only souronds all the area but near the gate.

**Baldwin of Jerusalem** · March 22, 2008, 11:43 AM

Some of the permanent stone forts have moats but there seem to be all kinds of problems placing them on the map because theyre extremely terrain specific.