Fortress Q

[SpaceViking]

Fortresses "reduce effectiveness of attacking units" (something like that) but exactly what do they do? How is a level 4 fort different than a level 3 one?

 

[Sakkura]

They reduce the attack efficiency of attacking divisions during land combat. The reduction is proportional to the number of fort levels.

 

[Jekolmy]

The reduction in combat efficiency is -0.999 or something like that for every level of fort. It should be in your misc.txt file

 

[T.j. Arnold]

This is why Germany is forced to move through Belgium to attack France.

 

[Jekolmy]

In AoD at least you could use artillery to reduce the forts, but the simpler way was to move through the Low Countries and around the line.

 

[xtfoster]

IIRC Fortresses are also damaged during land combat, so you can reduce the Maginot Line using (semi)continual combat, but I think it also takes a while.

 

[Gytis]

Actually, in my games forts go down very fast, you can take small Maginot lineof Checks in 1-2 weeks of fighting. There is no need to build land forts ever in this game, as for the same IC you would get much more defensive power from units. Even in the in a province defended by 20 division, a single level isn't as good as 1 aditional infantry division, because it goes down so fast. I hope the developers will look into it.

 

[Epaminondas]

But your forts are not subject to the stacking modifier that affects all divisions beyond the third engaged in the combat, so while they operate they deliver a much greater effect. That said, forts do reduce very quickly. For what it's worth, CORE has made some changes that largely remedy this problem.

Edit: Have to apologise for this post - I've gotten my boards mixed up. Those comments apply to AoD not DH.