An Idea that would greatly enhance the game

[Gaius Philopator]

I have an idea and if it could be done it will greatly enhance the game .
can you make every settlment has it`s own forts or we can build forts from the citites, if it can be done you can garrison the city from it`s forts not only the city. In addition, you can make these forts permament and the region that has the city\castle will be harder to conquer due to the forts .
town\wooden castle = 0 forts
large town\castle = 1 fort
city\fortress = 2 forts
large city\citadel = 3 forts
huge city = 4 forts

ps: if you can make forts produce tier 1-2 units it would be great

thanks

[HunterKiller]

sry, but i didn't understand ur idea, u mean make forts to be like castles but in a tiny version?
do u mean those forts would be like the normal forts that could be built by generals?
or u mean those forts would be like the buildings in the city that doesn't appear on the map?
or u mean those forts would be like ports?build in the city and appear on the map in its position?
what about not changing the nomber of forts to 4, but only to 2 then make it better or stronger each time the city grows up ?
plz reply, explain, express ur idea. and i wish all the members reply to u.

[anaztazioch]

If at all, forts should produce all units, and have a limit for 1 or 2 in a province. This will offcourse make castle settlement obsolate.

[zmv]

Good idea! This feature have a mod Machievelo that greatly slow down conquering.Maybe its better make this feature in main city(capitals) where are you can build some kind of buildings(slave trader) and recruited elite troops

[Fenix_120]

I'm not sure if you can make it where the permanent forts like in kingdoms can train troops or not, if its possible then I would say that this is a good idea.

Mabey make it where you can build a mott and baylee(spelling?) anywhere on the map for 5000 gold and then upgrade it?

[Gaius Philopator]

I mean make the forts like the ports visible on the map
and if u can make them produce some units NOT ALL

[Beka]

I really like the idea this way it will be much harder to take a settlement

[MAurelius11]

I always felt the castle/city choice was forced and took away from the fun of the game, both in Vanilla and all mods. It doesn't make sense since a lot of provinces likely had cities and castles, and some cities, such as Byzantium, functioned as castles and likely could recruit more diverse units than some random castle somewhere. They need to remove it in future Total War games. In this respect (in many actually, but graphics) Rome was better.

[Thema'zandaar]

I agree. I believe that most cities had castles/citadels built within in. Some fortified cities had outlying farms but in general, castles existing miles away from cities was rare and only occured when a strategic area had to be defended with the use of forts.

[HunterKiller]

cairo had the great saladin's citadel in it, in my life, i've never seen such a great strong citadel like it, if it was in the game, it would be invincible

by the way, cairo didn't have one citadel, it had two!! the other one called al-jabal, which sultan as-saleh ayub built it and used it as his command center instead of saladin's citadel, aslo by the mamluks !

[Zymran]

I don't think it would be possible to make forts produce units and if you're suggesting that when you upgrade a settlement, forts automatically get built in that province, I also think that would be impossible

The closest you could get is having permanent forts all over the place from the start of the game. BUT this would mean loads more siege battles, fewer field battles and would screw with the AI as they find forts difficult to cope with

Its a shame because I agree that it would be nice if regions were more diffeicult to conquer...

[The Noble Lord]

Interesting idea, how its gonna work when you put it in practice though??

[Thema'zandaar]

I think the idea proposed is to have a building named Fort, just like Barracks and Armoury. The Fort would produce units. Or am I mistaken?

[The Noble Lord]

So, something like the Cossacks:Napoleonic wars and American Conquest.
I don't think its for the TW games though.


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