Castles and Citadels and stuff

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by Gateway103:
However this also make a number of the choices less attractive given the alternatives...

Which Zen already pointed out. There is no way a simple list reordering can be made to balance things. It would require a rebalancing of the entire list, both gold and DPs. Obviously not something that would happen shy of coming out with a new game (Dom 3).

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One solution would be to separate between "starting fortress" and "ability to build fortress". You'd only get one of the former, and potentially several of the latter.

Clearly, the most expensive starting fort would be the fortified city; the ability to build it would not necessarily be cheap, either, but with its in-game price, these 120 DP mostly pay for the privilege of starting with one.

The Wizard's Tower as a starting fort would be very cheap; what's really valuable is the ability to quickly, cheaply, build a decent fortress with a lone scout.

Now, I don't know how much the option would be used, but it might be fun to find out.