Originally posted by Nikolai II
This is then dependant upon from which way you hit the WC. If you come up from below you'll hit europe when it has level 5 or 6 fortresses, and those cannot be assaulted without a breach (at least not if you want the province, if you're just looking for a way to reduce your army, feel free to go ahead) so having +1 siege speeds the process along quite nicely.
In general this analysis is very interesting and good. However, never say never Nikolai II!
I my present WC GC I was in a late phase (around land tech 49-50) and, playing as Aden, had lost so many soliders trying to siege Toledo ("Mighty" fortress owned by the Spaniards) and it was also tiresome to each month send in fresh troups keeping the total siegeing above 25k, that I finally decided I would risk an assault on the next BB round. So I built troops en masse and finally on the next round when Spain Dowed I had some 600 artillery and 150k infantry standing ready and they made it!
I got megalomania and tried a similar trick with a maximum fortress in Zeeland but that was a failure. Took two assualt tries to capture it.
Now a little later I will try to take Zeeland in one! I am presently building like hell. I will try to have around 1000 pieces of artillery and 200k men. I am looking forward to this experience!
Of course, this kind of massive concentrations of men is not possible on earlier rounds of BB wars since then you will need all these precious assets elsewhere.
