Raiders and Town center

[KO]

So my town is approaching 1200 population and I'm thinking of moving my entire town center along will all 4 barracks and maybe 20 towers to an area a bit further away from town to make more space for production, storage and what not. My question is will the raiders go after my town center or will they still head toward my town? I'm hoping they head towards the town center.

[skill issue]

it depends. they should go for the vault and trade post to steal money.
but they also will be distracted by defensive buildings

one time i have a raid and move all soldiers to defend from one side.
and then there was some group who wasnt in main part of raiders and they went straight to my empty barracks and towers on edge of city and destroyed it

they attacking town center just because it shooting at them

[adobo]

I have my vault, trade posts and storage in my "keep" that has the town center and 4 barracks. They seem to ignore the rest of the town and goes for the keep. They do have a tendency to destroy the stuff next to the walls. I think they just do AoE damage based on where they're standing.

[KO]

The raiders do have some curious behaviors I've noticed. Also the battering rams are easily distracted by gate fences especially on farms, that they will actively seek those out leaving them behind the army and out of real trouble. I will try to move everything but the trade center as it will mess up my logistics. I've never seen them attack it too, so hopefully it goes well.

[mauvbot]

Fascinated to see how the experiment goes, please keep us posted.

[KO]

So I relocated my town center and all my barracks, towers and vault into a new location at the edge of my town. Raiders head straight for it and not my town. Now, I don't have to ring the bell.

[Faust Wither]

they will focus on vault or anything that has gold in it including statue, also some raider are having huge aggro to villager and will keep chasing them. i usualy create atleast one watch tower for one market and cover it with thick walls so they will focus on it until your soldier arrived the one bandit that deal huge damage will focus on what ever hit him and bandit with bag will just focus on steal and then run away.

[KO]

Originally posted by Faust Wither:

they will focus on vault or anything that has gold in it including statue, also some raider are having huge aggro to villager and will keep chasing them. i usualy create atleast one watch tower for one market and cover it with thick walls so they will focus on it until your soldier arrived the one bandit that deal huge damage will focus on what ever hit him and bandit with bag will just focus on steal and then run away.

Before my population explodes, I usually keep in mind where the raids are mostly coming from and try to avoid expanding outward to those areas. They go for decorations if it's along their warpath. However unlike someone mentioned here, they have never targeted my trade post which I keep 95% of my gold in.

[SgtScum]

I've noticed that sooner or later they raid to destroy anything in their path unlike the early raids which are basically armed thievery.

[skill issue]

can u keep trade post in middle of production at least? or all must go into castle?

[KO]

Originally posted by SgtScum:

I've noticed that sooner or later they raid to destroy anything in their path unlike the early raids which are basically armed thievery.

I do notice that the professional army attacks are more..brutal.

[KO]

Originally posted by cerokyn:

can u keep trade post in middle of production at least? or all must go into castle?

It's more efficient to place the trade post near storage facilities. That way, it's faster to replenish trade stocks.

[skill issue]

Originally posted by KO:

Originally posted by cerokyn:

can u keep trade post in middle of production at least? or all must go into castle?

It's more efficient to place the trade post near storage facilities. That way, it's faster to replenish trade stocks.

yea, i do so.
i mean in case u moving vault and all stuff to castle to attract raiders,
trade post have all the juicy stuff such as gold and all products

so why they arent attracted to it, when u move all to castle

[KO]

Originally posted by cerokyn:

Originally posted by KO:

It's more efficient to place the trade post near storage facilities. That way, it's faster to replenish trade stocks.

yea, i do so.
i mean in case u moving vault and all stuff to castle to attract raiders,
trade post have all the juicy stuff such as gold and all products

so why they arent attracted to it, when u move all to castle

I'm not so sure also. The towncenter and all barracks and vault I moved to other place. The trade center I left it inside the town. They don't bother it. Maybe the items inside it has a mechanic different from the vault. Example goods in trade center do not spoil

[DiViNe NeKO]

I think the Raider AI will target the largest gold supply spot you have, starting with storehouse/market/trading post.

When you are at endgame the raiders seem to target the gold vaults/Trading post as priority

My advice is place a Barracks with soldiers right next to the vault, put a few walls and gates around the vault/barracks raiders will get ripped up with arrows before they can even reach vault

[SgtScum]

Yeah you don't need a massive set of stone walls protecting everything. Just make sure to leave space around the key buildings they like to raid and wall those up. Also gaming the raider AI by having the roads funnel them past the heaviest defenses works great too.