When do castles become upgradeable?

[Blom89]

Is it based on population? When population reaches a certain number you can upgrade to the next level?

Im trying to turn one of my main land fortresses into a citadel.

[eXistenZ]

yes its population. hover with your mouse over the current population level, and they will tell you how many is needed for the next level

[crzyrndm]

Up to castle population dosen't matter, then fortress needs 4500, and citadel 9000(I think those are vanilla values, if not)

[danny X]

Is it based on population? When population reaches a certain number you can upgrade to the next level?

Im trying to turn one of my main land fortresses into a citadel.

the other two posts are correct; you will also find your answer in the instruction manual

[Aragorn1963]

I hope to see a Medieval Total War 3 one day, with extended castle building and siege options. A bit like the Stronghold-series, but then much better and up to Total War standards. There's nothing I like better than a good siege.

[danny X]

I hope to see a Medieval Total War 3 one day, with extended castle building and siege options. A bit like the Stronghold-series, but then much better and up to Total War standards. There's nothing I like better than a good siege.

yeah agree, im suprised to read that so many people find them boring on here and auto-resolve, although i always find it less tense when you're the attacker!!

but i think my favourite is defending a huge city with cannon towers!!

[Fireright]

Heres the numbers folks:

Town 400 Wooden Palisade
Large Town 2,000 Wooden Wall
City 6,000 Stone Wall
Large City 12,000 Large Stone Wall
Huge City 24,000 Huge Stone Wall
Fortress 4,500 2 Stone Walls
Citadel 9,000 3 Stone Walls

Roll on Med 3....can't beat a rocking siege!! Get em clobbered.

[Drustan]

Can't see them doing Med 3 for a while, there will most likely be Rome 2 and at least a few other new titles before they re-re-make Medievil

[zzzms]

Don't hold your breath for sieges to work/play properly...they're still bugged in Shogun2...

[Fireright]

Aye, its looking grim for siege fans. From what I've seen of Shogun 2 sieges theyre not too impressive and well below par of the mighty Med 2 sieges.

Sieging Krak de Chevaliers...puts hairs on yer chest.

[crzyrndm]

If they lose the spidermen it will be a lot better. Everything else is pretty good. The towers are about the right strength(no more cannon towers killing the entire army), archers are far more valuable than they were in M2, and there are less pathfinding issues(although there is one highly annoying one still)

[Fireright]

That spiderman malarkey is indeed a bit of a nonsense, same as etw. At least in Med 2 we have the common decency to assault stuff using ladders and rams instead of plonking about with ropes and arseing about doing spiderman impressions.

Siege fans have had a raw deal for too long...bring on Med 3 pronto. Bye bye spidey yer plonker