Watchtowers

**LeoDowner** · June 25, 2008, 04:34 PM

Is anyone else obsessive about building watchtowers so you can see every inch of your terrority? I've even assigned a useless family member the task of following my main armies into enemy lands and building watchtowers as I take the terrortories! Probably just a bit of OCD, I can't stand not seeing what's in my lands.

**fourganger** · June 25, 2008, 06:03 PM

It's a good idea - you can nip rebel armies in the bud before they get too big and stop them damaging your lands.

I'd recommend sending a spy in first though. I sent one of my family members on a watchtower mission once and he got caught in a rebel ambush...he escaped but I lost a few hairs from the experience.

**horatius** · June 25, 2008, 09:33 PM

In the past I've usually just made a network of spies. That way, it's like having watch towers that you can move around and do missions with. However, I have recently started building more watch towers.

**fourganger** · June 26, 2008, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by horatius

In the past I've usually just made a network of spies. That way, it's like having watch towers that you can move around and do missions with. However, I have recently started building more watch towers.

If you're tight on money, towers are a better choice, since they have no upkeep (at least that I'm aware of). They also don't die of old age.

**LeoDowner** · June 26, 2008, 05:04 AM

Jamey has the right idea

I use spies too in enemy lands just over my border, knowledge is everything! Very important to know what's going on.

**Jamey** · June 26, 2008, 12:44 AM

I'm always obsessive about building watchtowers. I'm also obsessive about keeping at least one spy in every settlement (with high quality ones near the borders) to spot enemy spies and assassins.

I always use my worst family members for this job. I had one whose hilights were hooting and crippled; I needed to do something with him. If these family members get killed in an ambush, I consider it a blessing. Hopefully it happens before they breed...

**Mikail Mengsk** · June 26, 2008, 06:12 AM

but as fourganger said, watchtowers doesn't have any upkeep cost and doesn't die

**LeoDowner** · June 26, 2008, 09:20 AM

Yep, fourganger definitely said that watchtowers have no upkeep and they never die

**fourganger** · June 27, 2008, 06:35 AM

Although I think they can be "captured" if an rebel army stands next to them to long, but I can't remember for sure.

I'd check, but I play Sarmatians, so any rebel army has maximum 2 turns before Horse Archers are breathing down their necks.

**LeoDowner** · June 27, 2008, 07:47 AM

Yeh any single unit or a whole army stood on the same tile as a watchtower will take over it and gain the bonuses to the distance they can see! Potentially dangerous if the watchtower is overlooking an enemy and a rebel unit of Peltasts comes and sits on it.