spamming castle all over feasible?

[pohtato]

Hi there,

Just bought and play this awesome game for a few times.... i was initially stumbled by the unfamiliar interface and gameplay but manage to adapt to it through a few games (which i lost all to easy AIs) and the walkthrough and helpful links and docs on Dom2.

I would like to point out on the "castle" aspect of the game...i am quite confuse with the admin value of the castle. Having read the walkthrough, they said that having a castle in your province:

a) increase your province gold income by admin/2 %

b) receive admin% of resources from all neighbouring province (those that shares border)

c) decreasing neighbouring resources by same admin % as in (b)

My question is whether having one castle/fortress is better or having castle/fortress in EVERY province better (if you can afford it)?????

Let me illustrate an example, to make math easier, lets assume that your capital (castle admin = 40) has 3 surronding province. Pls correct me if i am wrong.

All of the 4 province produces 100 gold and 50 or 100 resources (50 is based on the fact that there is no castle on it, if there is castle on it, it would be 100)

CASE A - One castle in capital only
a)3 neighbour province produces 300 gold altogether (no change)

b) capital produces 120 gold (+20%)

c) 3 neighbouring produces 90 altogether (100 - 40 divided by 2. Divided by 2 is because of no castle)

d) capital produces 220 (received 40 from each neighbour and receive full resources from castle)

e)total gold = 420, total resource = 310


CASE B - All 4 province gets castle

a)3 neighbour produces 360 gold(all get +20%)

b)capital produces 120 gold (+20%)

c) 3 neighbour produces 300 (each gets full resources and does not give any to capital because neighbouring castles don't give or receive from another castle)

d) capital produces 100 (full resource due to castle)

e) total gold = 480, total resources = 400

VERDICT

CASE B gives you more total gold & res. Therefore it is better to build castle in every province if you can afford it?

[ August 04, 2004, 11:10: Message edited by: pohtato ]