/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1934146
Fortress is shit during sieges unless you can break the gate, so you need Earthquake and or ballistics skill which isn't always easy to get

Otherwise they're pretty good if played well but their reliance on certain units, not even the units themselves but the abilities they have is easily abused by an enemy human player and can screw you over if the AI randomly decides to blind something good. And the fact that at least half of the units in Fortress are shit unless stacked in larger numbers and require them being upgraded to use well, combined with needing to conserve as many of the good units as you can in the beginning to build up their numbers means a slow start. Having high defense stats helps with that though. (Not counting that the tier 1 and 2 units are so slow)

They're really fun and can be played very well if you do it right, but they're near the bottom in terms of general usefulness because they're so unconventional. The best thing about Fortress is having it as a secondary town, you can replace your trash units with fortresses good ones and neglect everything else. And all those neglected units eventually grow into huge numbers, with fortress high defense means they're great for desperation buys during sieges so losing your Fortress town will be very rare.