Then again... typically, when I played AOK, and when i noticed what the people i played against were doing, they did not typically rush with tons of vills... By the time you have 60 villagers in a random map, you will be able to spare 2-3 I would imagine.
And the pop limit will be significantly higher than 50. ES_Deathshrimp I believe commented that a typical army can field about 50 calvary units... So saying, there are probably a dozen other military units scattered around the field, and let us not forget room for about 60 villagers... So the pop limit will easily be around 150, and thats without settlements... Thats my prediction.
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I would expect that the fortress would be alot more powerful than its AOC counterpart as no units are produced here (cept greek heroes) after all, the fortress wasnt a troopcenter, it was the last point of defense and should have much greater defensive abilities than offernsive...this seems to be reinforced by making them more powerful but not giving them a steady supply of soldiers, e.g it would be easier to siege them if you let your guard down
Oh I like this thought. Fortresses themselves will be strong, attackwise and rangewise and hpwise and armorwise etc. However, they are vulnerable to siege attack when you are not looking because they cannot create units... A few scarabs could take out an unsuspecting hill fort or fortress, or a siege tower guarded by some hippokons could pose a serious threat... Which leads us to the greater question of exactly what will siege be like in AOM?
-Typically smaller armies will play a major role... No more sending 30 trebs, or in this case, siege towers to take out the enemy... Thats if you want to grant them some protection...
-Siege weapons will probably take up serious population slots, so hence another reason why massed siege won't be common...
-Perhaps the most obvious integration in siege will be GPs of course
-Fortresses (or hill fort) do not cost stone. Probably they will cost insane amounts of wood/gold. however, if you are getting these resources in large porportions anyway, you could assemble a serious defensive network...
Thanks for your thoughts,
-Vladimir87