FORTS are OVERPOWERED in Manor Lords!!

If you have not built a fort in Manor lords before, try it! It not only is a fun experience, but it is a very viable tactic to win battles.

[@RabidPancakeDisorder]

This man just figured out why castles existed

[@wikipediaH]

Comment of the day. :)

[@iivin4233]

Which is great for him. And It's something to praise the game for. I want it to go even farther. Trenches, hill forts and the social/economic factors that lead people to one solution or another.

[@Kreschavier]

​@@iivin4233 I believe siege mechanics like that are planned for the future, but idk when.

[@YaboitheCadian]

has the newest generation really become that dumb?

[@leesaunders1930]

There is a castle behind where i live..... well the remains of one. It didn't help them very much lol

[@NLTops]

Forts were overpowered in real life too.

[@hellatze]

not to the khan

[@louisryan5815]

@@hellatze the mongols would move on from forts if they got too bored besieging them, which happened often enough

[@rainforcer1]

Until trebuchet and canon added to the game that is

[@NLTops]

@@rainforcer1 I usually don't like catapults and cannons in medieval games. They're always overpowered compared to real life. Because they're added as a really simple counter to walls. Even though in reality it would take even trebuchets and cannons a long time to destroy a wall segment. Of course, with wooden palisades catapults and cannons would be a lot more effective. But against an earth-packed granite wall? You might knock off some parapets but that's probably about all you'll do unless you plan to sit there lobbing rocks for half a year or longer. And even if destroyed, you don't have a big hole in the wall that people can march through, but rather a pile of rubble that attackers would still have to climb... whilst being shot at and having things thrown at them from the walls on either side of the breach. But often it would just become a back and forth of damaging the wall and repairing/re-enforcing the wall. A common realistic way to bring down a wall during a siege, was to dig tunnels from the circumvallation to right under the wall and then making it collapse into the ground. The defenders (and even citizens) would often listen for digging sounds at night, and even dig counter-tunnels to make the besiegers' tunnels collapse. Sometimes tunnels would even meet and there would be an underground skirmish.

[@bruhmoment11111]

@@NLTops Going Medieval is the worst when it comes to this. Siege engines took a long time to set up, but in some games they just appear out of nowhere. Hell, Ghost of Tsushima has the mongols setting up a variety of siege engines just to harrass farmers.

[@Nop3nop3675]

If only someone thought of this back then

[@KootFloris]

AI is more stupid than people. Still, in reality too, defenders had a huge advantage over the attackers. Some castles could be defended with 20 men keeping out 200+ people.

[@donutboy1934]

@@KootFloris Yes! Both Sieges of Vienna and the Siege of Candia are some of my favourites to read about

[@Austrveg]

@@donutboy1934 Cadia

[@donutboy1934]

@@Austrveg Correct. Thank you

[@APAKane]

Shooting through walls?

[@BIGESTblade]

The man just discovered fortifications, bruh.

[@jimmydasani8922]

My thought exactly lol

[@raiznsisig]

Yeah, I was scratching my thinking, "isn't this already a thing... Like hundreds of years ago?"

[@ImperiumRomanum476]

They invented before Rome lol​@@raiznsisig

[@DasInf13]

​​@@raiznsisigya, but archers were essentially useless on release. He's just reminding people the power of a good fortification

[@raiznsisig]

@@ImperiumRomanum476 fr

[@jansenjunaedi4926]

Use a fort? Historically accurate 😁

[@itotallycare]

Yes but this is a video game and if the AI isn't intelligent enough to at least try to counter play then the game becomes boring.

[@josefstalin8069]

@@itotallycare It came out in early access like two months ago, this will stop being accurate before long

[@ggwagmi1236]

phasing arrows too

[@christophermiller769]

@@josefstalin8069he’s not hating on the game, he’s just saying the reason for this video is existing is to show off the feature within the game, and to show off the realism

[@benadrylcumbersplatch6448]

Now if we only had landscaping tools to go full Norman with hillforts and moats 🤔

[@Wolfspaine7N6]

He re-discovered a medieval defensive tactic.

[@dismiss3d323]

Bro is 10,000 years behind the curve 💀

[@danielhardman234]

bro just discovered an old meta

[@SavetheSheep]

More like 1000, 10 000 is a bit far fetched.

[@ArissXAS]

@@SavetheSheep 1000? Do you think people were that stupid over 100 years ago? Lol. There are historical documents regarding fortifications much older than that.

[@ekamandalaputra5517]

But the setting is in Medieval era, not before Christ ​@@ArissXAS

[@ItsLiamItsThomas]

@@danielhardman234 old meta is fucking crazy lmfaoooo

[@WarPigstheHun]

Caesar: "I heard you Gauls like forts so I built a fort around your fort inside my fort to fortify my fort while fortifying against your fort."

[@Vin-sv9fm]

You know you're cooked when Romans started building walls around your walls

[@LuxLiveGame]

CASTRUMS weren't forts.

[@enderfloisand7143]

@@LuxLiveGameright over your head

[@LuxLiveGame]

@@enderfloisand7143 that fck is even supposed to mean ? CASTRUM weren't forts, it's fact. Castrums were fortified accampaments which eventually were developed to cities. Nothing to do with concept of forts.

[@derekfortner4008]

​@LuxLiveGame Google castrum and it will say Roman fortress.

[@Isoquant]

Ok, this is funny. "Use a Fort!" "Use archers!" LOL

[@rodrigovaccari7547]

He sounds like he thinks hes the first person to realize this combination exists while it has been the core of human warfare for millenia

[@Th3Curator42]

Read some excerpts from many ancient texts teaching war and tactics and it really just screams simple stuff to us like: "Don't fight a bigger force" "Dont let your enemy eat or rest" "Bluff" "Hills are really good" "Seriously stay on the hill"

[@dylancomic9088]

@@Th3Curator42 Sometimes the answer is quite simple and we are stupid enough to need to always clarify them

[@Nugire]

"Use food to not starve." Man, if only people in medival times knew this

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Did we watch the same video and play the same game? Feels like no

[@TheLuc224]

Dude. Wait until he "invents" starforts. Suddenly every angle is a killzone aswell

[@ernstschmidt4725]

ye, he just drew an amogus and called it a day

[@Lamecracka123abc]

@@ernstschmidt4725were in 2024 bro

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Why is everyone in the comments being so catty, man’s just trying to talk about a video game

[@fidmid]

@@darkartsdabbler2407 I love it. I am pretty sure this guy just wants to be a guide, but the roasts are absolutely vile and everyone has a good laugh. I am pretty sure even the creator laughs about the creative comments

[@MichaelBlek]

Exactly😅​@@fidmid

[@jeanmonte9469]

bro thinks hes Julius Caesar wit this one

[@smoopsirl]

He's read Sun Tzu's entire works

[@TEDAC771]

why does everyone think he just discovered this (unless this is sarcasm and I'm a dumbass) he's just telling people forts are op in manor lords not forts are op irl you don't see many medieval games like this using forts like irl and manor lords

[@jeanmonte9469]

@@TEDAC771 I mean forts were op specially when you can somehow create one in an instant like the wagon fort, but i said that he was ceasar as more of a joke

[@historymajor26]

It's almost as if real life military fortifications were made for a reason...

[@mandalortemaan7510]

Among Us shaped

[@DiveInGamingChannel]

Shhh

[@ZackyBonkPH]

STOP-

[@NoobieCustomRider]

AMOGUS

[@fransiskusrobisanjaya]

AMOMOGUS

[@rogmaxgaming4949]

Sus building

[@FernandoLXIX]

Hiding behind a wall and shooting arrows was the META in the middle ages.

[@Potato-pn8sg]

Using forts and castles offensively like this is actually why Wales is the most densely castle'd country in the world. Edward I (of England) alone commissioned at least 17 of them during his campaign there.

[@lordgammadonkaargon2830]

I realy hope they gonna add a lot of different wall desogns and tirret designs with different materials to upgrade. Wuld be amazing if it culd have total war like battles

[@ExoCryptic-Exo]

The game dev said it's not going to be total war line at all. I'm hoping for more of a stronghold approach. We are already practically there with a complex economy and little skirmishes. When the AI will be able to build will be fun

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Did you have a stroke?

[@lordgammadonkaargon2830]

@@RenegadeShepTheSpacer No i got Auto correction and its anoying

[@Maryondo]

Considering the store-banner of Manor Lords, with castle walls etc. I am pretty sure that he aims for that.

[@tuvokjohannsen123]

"They".... If I'm not mistaken it's a single developer

[@666Kaca]

Knights of honor music just slaps

[@T_Yooh]

so much, epic game!

[@Tamtam-hh3xv]

brought back so many memories lol

[@Stone_tylor]

Played it so much in the past.

[@Alex202]

@@Tamtam-hh3xv there is Knights of honor2 available) very similar, recommended

[@constantinouojoron5491]

so thats why this music sounded so familiar...

[@boraonline7036]

Fans of Knights of Honor recognize the music! Great choice! :D

[@rouslanrouslan2677]

Was very surprised!

[@CryseTech]

Indeed!

[@kubus0024]

thanks I couldn't remember the game

[@TheMhm94]

indeed !! big fan of Knight Of Honor here

[@KootFloris]

In reality too, defenders had a huge advantage over the attackers. Some castles could be defended with 20 men keeping out 200+ people.

[@ManySeptims]

More like 20 men keeping out 1-3,000+ people, if it was designed well enough. Like the Siege of Stirling Castle in 1304 for instance.

[@KootFloris]

@@ManySeptims Even better.

[@ShacolateClown]

Bannerlord Talivel Castle, 4000+ vlandians/battanians against 570 of mine. easy victory xD

[@jojobandelang1101]

KNIGHTS OF HONOR, best music

[@CryseTech]

True!

[@lemecaubinocle]

This guy is using Knight of Honor music, he is one of us!!!

[@CryseTech]

Amen

[@sentenciagaming]

The best is the music of Knighs of honor....the best BSO of medieval games

[@CryseTech]

Very on point

[@randulaalawathugoda5016]

I love how the music is taken from Knights of Honor... Soo many good memories playing it.

[@CryseTech]

100%

[@ValensBellator]

Does he think this is a bug? This was the whole point 😂

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Archers shooting through walls?

[@ValensBellator]

@ those are called murder holes!

[@typhon7899]

@@ValensBellator Yeah but these walls dont have any

[@szymonrozanski6938]

@@typhon7899 You just didnt look hard enough.

[@ValleriaValentine]

It is literally a bug, admitted by Slavic Magic.

[@ragnarokiscoming595]

Ah, knights of honor ❤

[@UnderCloud66]

At last, my sword was getting rusty.

[@apropercuppa8612]

@@UnderCloud66 Warm food at last.

[@CryseTech]

[@maxburns9278]

I’ve just started playing ML a few days ago. I’ve watched a lot of tips and guide videos. Without a Manuel or tutorial I have to rely on videos to learn different functions of the game; like hitting tab or knowing you can limit items in a warehouse. Now this one, I thought the manor house was just the way to collect taxes, didn’t realize it’s really a Bailey. I placed mine in the middle of the village to act as sort of a town hall, with that I found the wall useless.

[@stubbyfoamz1]

If you want to you can extend the building range with towers to make it to your towns edge and then go nuts with walls.

[@Conquerthemall]

@@stubbyfoamz1 If you do that you can lose access to a lot of the buildings in the enclosed area cause it counts as part of the Bailey so just use the manor as it’s supposed to be ;) Hopefully there will be towndefences soon

[@daveyjoseph6058]

This is gonna be another one of those bug meta "get gud" games

[@Tobsgame]

Knights of Honor soundtrack

[@CryseTech]

[@smudolinithegreatdragobear2433]

Love the knights of honor soundtrack

[@Maus_Indahaus]

A true masterpiece

[@Niklas94492]

Big nostalgia flashback

[@mammutgamer]

yesss

[@CryseTech]

Yes!

[@alfredmusselwhite9445]

The Knights of Honor Soundtrack is so good

[@CryseTech]

Oh yes it is

[@aaronimp4966]

There's a reason forts were everything in the Middle Ages. The only way to counter it was to camp and starve them out or rely on expensive, slow-moving siegeworks.

[@choosetolivefree]

Nah, here were other methods. Subterfuge was used, getting someone on the inside to let enemy in. This famously happened at Acre during the first crusade. Then, there's undermining, dig holes under fortifications, to crumble them from below. And, possibly more

[@ManySeptims]

Or tell them to surrender, which was the probably the more common case. Castles that stood in opposition to an attacking army, especially if they held out til the end were most often sacked, their populations r*ped and murdered.

[@abhi5504]

the AI should ignore forts and target the villages. itll either force the forts hand to sally out, or lead them to starve in the coming winter. forts would just be used to block off a specific front rather than carry entire battles

[@Steven-cf1ty]

These aren't serious forts, they're hardly up to par with making a standard motte and bailey design from irl. It's more akin to the temporary wooden forts set up in places that didn't go to war more than once in a blue moon. Idk a ton about the game's future direction, but these forts are really not what you'd use to defend a lord or a piece of land from an invader who could afford to besiege the walls, because then the army would definitely be able to just overrun the fort.

[@fearedjames]

Yeah, the forts defensive capabilities are realistic, but irl, the purpose of a fort is to make a single point unbeatable. Everything else is making them not want to ignore the fort. If they just casually stroll in, that isn't very realistic.

[@BaronvonMoorland]

Agreed. Programming AI to prioritize other objectives somehow would be good.

[@Steven-cf1ty]

@@fearedjames wooden forts wouldn't serve to make anything unbeatable. They served more logistical purposes than strategic, even before early modern warfare made the fort fully obsolete.

[@ernstschmidt4725]

last time i played manor lords the battlefield was a chosen place, not anywhere. if you obliterated them before reaching the field the baron would instantly send another army

[@LordSesshaku]

You get one upvote for using the Knights of Honor soundtrack.

[@CryseTech]

first second and got goosebumps trough the roof ^^

[@Turnip7917]

Bro discovered castles

[@Southpaw_Blue]

I enjoy watching these short and sharp episodes. Decisions get made, things progress and combat is snappy and moves the story along.

[@stonemanofgardnerville1162]

Medieval 2 total war players: I have become death...destroyer of Bavaria

[@searaider3340]

haha we can beat any army with our m2tw tactics

[@s.devries4349]

Thanks a lot!!! I had no idea how to fight in this game, this video helped me a lot.

[@FamiliarAnomaly]

This gameis gonna be like mount and blade II where it gets finished 3 years later and no one is around to enjoy it

[@lennic]

I mean I guess its implied they shoot over the walls in volleys, maybe a WiP animation wise, but this is definitely a fort using actual Medieval tactics/warefare chokepoints that doesnt feel cheesy! awesome

[@ViolosD2I]

Except for the part where it's out in the middle of nowhere and the enemies don't just walk past to raid.

[@stellataylor7436]

Never heard of this game but this looks very interesting. I’ve always wanted to get into a strategy game where you build bases and attack and whatnot. Minecraft Legends was the closest I ever got to

[@Steven-cf1ty]

Take a look at Songs of Syx, that might be kinda like what you're looking for.

[@bradnewsbear]

Age of Empires: am I a joke to you

[@lindagoad2163]

Lol. So many people thought this was a Total War killer. Its basically the settlers 2 .

[@matthewmatt5285]

WORD,.It's a City Builder,.Not interested~

[@branenmachinen671]

Aaaa The Knights of Honor sountrack

[@ryforg]

I would love to see massive brick fortresses or more advanced fortress building. In the current state the game is all just cities and no awesome fortresses

[@redenriot4577]

Playing Total War has really solidified my veteran experience when it comes to strategy.

[@typth_tappy]

as someone who plays tw ur not a veteran strategist bro im sorry to be the one to tell you

[@redenriot4577]

@@typth_tappy No worries little lady, your opinion so I don't bother it. But rn I'm busy playing Warhammer and Attila on Legendary so it'll take time hehe. Anyways cya around, puny mortal.

[@goktugonvermez8140]

My defence tactic in Total War shogun 2. It works like 1) Take archers inside the castle 2) Hold some yari Ashigaru on walls 3) If some amount enemy climbs pull every force back I repelled 8 or 9 siege at once, in my Oda Clan playthrough against many clans which includes Ikko-Ikki clan

[@keanuortiz3766]

Ive done this for years in total war lmao

[@alejandrop.s.3942]

Ikr. Playing recently as Carthage in Rome II I lured Athens armies, that were heavily fortified in their settlements, by making a fort in the middle of their territory. 2600 VS 9500 or so, and in a single battle Athens' power was destroyed.

[@jacobleonard5138]

Reminds me of the time I tried to fight this French guy, but he ran in he house and started calling me names, and my mother a hamster.

[@ZUPYNinGAME]

Sure ...but where is your DITCH ? You gotta have a ditch!

[@stubbyfoamz1]

Maybe if you want to stack some bodies at ground level, now what you really wanna get is a moat

[@Freddex4LYF]

No parapet? No lillii pits? Triple ditch if i may ffs! 😂🎉

[@ManySeptims]

There really aren't enough ditches in this game

[@theofficialbloxfruit]

wait what i no this game this is my child hood memorys ty for nowing me🤗

[@jmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjmjm]

that's amazing words

[@RealBrainbug]

Knights of Honor music in the back... approved!

[@solidmoon8266]

Wait till you hear about Star Forts. Granting pincer like fortification layouts on all sides, while also allowing the fort to somewhat deflect siege weaponry and equipment. A cannoball for instance could glance off the angled walls rather then smash right into it. Reducing the damage.

[@Sk0lzky]

This is not pac-man like. This is sus.

[@EEEEEEEE]

E‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

[@milanstevic8424]

..pended

[@nuclearadventuresvr5749]

This is why they were made irl. People back then were smart too.

[@ladyalicent705]

Bro I don’t even own this game, I just watch these shorts because you have a really nice voice

[@karlfranz5229]

👀 👄

[@M.AX1MUS]

Lá ele.

[@Blythe985]

That's an AI voice I'm pretty sure. If you go to his video sections I think you can hear his real voice

[@ladyalicent705]

@@Blythe985 Really? Ah gosh damnit. I had my suspicions but technology is really getting out of hand

[@Blythe985]

@@ladyalicent705 Watch out to see if the voice in videos lacks certain emotion. If you listen to this video there are no really high highs or really low lows. It always stays kind of in the same mood or tone. That's an indication that it's just reading off a script. You have to go out of your way to tell an AI to show certain emotion or to say something louder etc and when you do that, thats when it really sounds off because it cant replicate that. So if something sounds a bit canned or samey in terms of the overall tone of the speech. AI is getting better which is maybe why you've felt thrown off. Its imitating rising and lowering speech patterns and accents but at the end of the day in my opinion at least it still sounds flat and awkward

[@AcoylteKraven82]

I’m confused about “why you want to put your fort THAT far away from your town”?!? Wouldn’t that leave your town defenseless??? Like I use to be a big fan of games like this (until everyone at some point became obsessed with making everything space age BS! But if I was going to attack a near by town and the “defenders” are far away from the town, I would go around that force and take over the town! And by doing so, I have now cut off them gaining anymore resources from said town! So it wouldn’t be too hard to somewhat “starve them out”!!!

[@searaider3340]

Irl villagers escape to the castle with their valuable goods.

[@AcoylteKraven82]

@ which 1 out of all of my questions were you trying to answer?!? I don’t disagree with you about what you said!?! But what the “villagers” find “valuable” that might not be what that kingdom or any attackers are after!?! If I’m running the show of an invasion, then I’m going after the crops and livestock!!! And trying to run to a castle that is FAR FAR AWAY with livestock is going to take FOREVER!!! And 1 small groups of horsemen will easily dispatch with whoever is there and bring back all the “goods” to the rest of my army!!! Which when it comes to games it’s far easier to do fast travel with the villagers! But don’t act like you are trying to make a game or a story “realistic” but then get pissy when someone points out something that clearly would NOT WORK in real life!!! I don’t get it!?! But I also don’t get why when someone is asked questions that they don’t want to answer or can’t answer, instead they just give an attitude!?! (That last part was not directed at you! It’s just in general!?! I see it a lot! All over!!! And in my opinion, all of that stems off of another issue that people are FINALLY fed up with also! But it only exists because those same people allowed it to grow!!!)

[@mickdonald7885]

Wait till he learns about motte and baileys

[@searaider3340]

I discovered this tactic myself before because I didnt had enough soldiers to fight back. Thx for showing this to new players its a lifesaver untill you learn to build an army.

[@zenologic7786]

I wish the outer towers actually worked

[@Top_Bot-cu6fc]

It's still early access with one dev. Give it time

[@SiodogRehane]

Reminds me of old good total war cheese

[@thsudy]

Boomers: "In the shape of Pac-man" Zoomers: "In the shape of Amongus"

[@SniPantsu]

it doesnt look like pac-man lets be real it's 100% the shape of a crewmate and Im not even a zoomer

[@malditamente6713]

the knights of honor ost is so memorable man

[@ryzekiv7147]

Your Archer class _must_ be filled with Archers. This will ensure that people die when you kill them. After some fighting, It will not be long before all your base are belong to us!

[@crazycat3612]

Demasiado bueno el video, me entretuve de principio a fin :D

[@mckeagney8698]

I never found any of the battles challenging enough to need this but maybe I got lucky?

[@emilhozan71]

You beat the Baron's last army with no challenge? Hmmm

[@mckeagney8698]

@@emilhozan71 correct

[@emilhozan71]

@@mckeagney8698 ill take you for your word. Ddue had at least 8 or maybe more units. I had to use 3 x24 retunie and 5 militia

[@C4MG1RL]

The man figured out the earliest version of a star fort

[@strongerthanever2039]

Pacman-like shape???? Bro you literally drew amogus!

[@leegato10]

I just noticed the historical accuracy when showing the troops wearing diferent colors and clothes

[@blainemills1408]

Archers got nerfed into oblivion, weak af now.

[@Unni_Havas]

I thought they got buffed from 4 to 13 dmg? Ha something changed over the last 2-3 days?

[@DetectiveMekova]

@@Unni_Havas If they were buffed, then it doesn't show. I have 3 units of archers that would reign hell on approaching bandits and the bandits just laugh. Even when I flank the enemy with archers, the enemy apparently has a forcefield or something around them because the bandits barely care if they were turned into walking pincushions. In real life, just one arrow can debilitate you, if not outright kill you. A good example of a game series that did archery right is Mount and Blade, where a unit of archers can whittle away an approaching army about as efficiently as it did in real life.

[@Annihilo]

I’m positive they got ultra buffed but you had to start a new game after the patch. Not saying they’re OP as I haven’t tried them but the patch notes show buffed.

[@stubbyfoamz1]

They have been improved but they will not win by themselves

[@ernstschmidt4725]

they got buffed again.

[@bryrye4545]

This gentleman has rediscovered fortifications, bro.

[@Morlus1]

Everyone wants to break the game xD

[@stevencolor3389]

The only part of this that is broken is the shooting through walls. Other than that it is a perfectly reasonable tactic

[@overworlder]

i wish someone would make a functional medieval castle. getting troops on walls seems too hard for most games Cataclismo does it

[@barahng]

That's why some places built star shaped forts. No matter which side an army approached from, they were getting shot at from both sides of the star's "arms". In real life they'd probably just sneak up using that tree line that's right next to the left side wall and scale it.

[@spinyslasher6586]

One of the first big projects I handled in this game was constructing a fort. It's just a no-brainer given the medieval setting.

[@sadovuato]

idt bro knows what a history book is, but he's smart enough to figure it out on his own so there's some bonus points

[@formystar2876]

Best fort is still a star fort shape. Only it needs to be big to really work. But still you have walk ins at every point of the fort making it hard to charge. And maybe a inside space between outer and inner wall for extra kill zones.

[@a11an72]

This is my strategy from MTW2 , i call it "funneling" , where you basically create a bottle neck / choke point kill zone with crossbowmen and ballistas / serpentines Then have a few melee units to keep them pinned in the killzone

[@zeldamage001]

Knights of Honor music! Nice!

[@finyjeff1771]

ah this game looks so good bro, cant wait for full release

[@MetalCharlo]

You just know the guy who actually invented forts talked like this to his king LMAO

[@Toopa88]

As a toddler, I really appreciate this incredibly informative content.

[@DiveInGamingChannel]

As a 46-year-old highschooler, I appreciate your comment.

[@nonickname-k1z]

*kill zone for archers HAHA you should see my kenshi base in middle of the holy nation territory haha

[@pepethefrog6809]

Rome was like "Oh, advanced war tactics? That's new!".

[@AstBun1]

This video is so unintentionally funny... 😂😂😂

[@ravebiscuits8721]

That's the music from Knights of Honour! Love that game's soundtrack!

[@Cornhull]

Castles used to be in the middle of settlements, as they served as housing for the lords, and protection for the settlement, after settlements outgrew the castle the settlement itself would build walls, this would create a layered structure to the defense of medieval settlements.

[@stevengibson4773]

I've never played this game but the obvious solution devs need to consider is some sort of starvation mechanic. In real life a fort would accurately do what you showed.

[@ernstschmidt4725]

forts are expensive, and just now they are barely functional (before they weren't) probably sieges are down the road but the game still has a lot of development to be done until town sieges are a thing.

[@ManySeptims]

No need for a starvation mechanic, the people will starve if they can't tend to their crops.... because they're dead. Now, if there was a mechanic where the people would all flood into the "keep" for safety, that would make sense. Then they can't tend to their crops, and they'd still be alive, which means you would need to have a granary enclosed in the walls of your fort to make sure they have access to stockpiled food. Once that food runs out, the people will starve. The only thing the game designer would have to add is an actual keep for them to flee to, since the manor isn't quite big enough.

[@harmacist6623]

If only they had tutorials like this, siege battles would go much differently back then. At least until the fort starved to death anyways.

[@ryanp6999]

I love this game. Makes me feel like a kid again in a way

[@user-zk8tg8ko1u]

Is that Knights of Honor soundtrack? 😍😁

[@oliverboroczk4680]

It is

[@LemmingOverlord]

The background music is from Knights of Honour!

[@CryseTech]

Goosebumps from the Knights of Honor Music

[@The_guy907]

fun fact it was far easier to defend a castle than it was to invade one. To the point the only reliable way to invade a fort with low risk, was to set up a a way to isolate them, and just simply starve them out.

[@ManySeptims]

The most reliable way to invade a fort with low risk is to demand their surrender. If they weren't waiting for incoming reinforcement and therefore lacked confidence, they would acquiesce, as they would most likely be allowed to live. If they stuck it out in hope of being saved, they would be sacked, their civilian populations r*ped and murdered.

[@MrSupersamovar]

I bet the final battle on hardcore "mercenaries only" scenario with this tactics, so it's legit.

[@rubyblooddemonking]

Man discovers the basic of castle warfare, next, the six point star form

[@Keyhan-c8c]

They should add more medieval style fortifications ,with wood & stones cobined.

[@maxpershin3735]

Damn that music from Knights Of Honor is really nostalgic

[@OnyxSoul]

Finally somebody using the Fort and not just Building it for fancy looks without purpose

[@matthewgladback8905]

Rediscovering the Rimworld killbox from first principles. I wonder if the developers will come up with the same counters; in this context, that'd probably be siege engines (perhaps even just a single battering ram) and counter-sieges. I doubt there's any way to justify attacks even remotely similar to drop pods, but they could probably just have some attacks that come from different directions so that you end up with some attacks that you have to improvise responses to in the same way.

[@Rotkehlchenengel]

Kenshi Vibes with the Pac man shape

[@blazzupancic6429]

Manor Lords devs: our archers gonna shoot through walls. Me: struggling with hardcore jobs.

[@dd5083]

Forts are OP IRL too. Imagine being able to loose arrows from cover (and possibly from a height advantage) when your enemy has to advance through otherwise empty terrain.