you’re free to increase the fort’s defenses by raising the Local Fort Defense, e.g.
by importing stones to the province.
you might demolish other buildings if you want to build fortifications in a given city.
Each state capital has a level one fort, even if it’s not physically built.
You’ve got to have a big army to conquer forts.Most often you have to start a siege.
Each fort level requires another 5 000 soldiers to lay a siege.
Each stage can increase the percentage chance of occupying the fort.
This is a measure of how much time is left before the fort falls.
Forts maintain control over a given city and surrounding cities.A fort blocks the way for foreign armies.
Therefore, the enemy is always required to to take a city that has a fort first.
What’s more, all surrounding cities are in the control area of the fort.
This way you block access.
You don’t have to build forts next to each other, but in an interval of 1-2 cities.
In this way, you’ll create an effective “wall” inside your borders.
Where to build forts and how to use them strategically?
Forts provide security for armies that must escape from a distant battlefield.
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