Placing unit on forts

[Shadowcast]

I have alot of trouble placing units on walls when defending.
They do not line up along the wall facing the field. And sometimes they ran somewhere else altogether.

Is it a bug or is there some kind of trick?

[Insaniac]

I find that deploying just outside the walls is best, your units don't rank fire while on fort walls. And if the walls come down then you lose the whole unit.

[SMILEDOZER]

They never line up terribly well. I place MOST of them outside the wall, a few of my crack troops go on the wall so they're protected and can shoot down with a defense advantage. Just dont put TOO many troops outside the wall. Cannons, cavalry, maybe Skirmishers or a few infantry should do it.

[Shadowcast]

Ye the line up on walls is horrible. i wish they do something about it and let us use rank by fire on walls also. i am thinking of placing all inside the interior, the outside just to do the purpose of making the enemy have trouble getting inside and easier for me to hsoot at.

[Shadowcast]

Seriously the line up on walls is a real bumper.

[Raptor]

I don't mind having troops set up on the walls, they can take out lots of enemy troops trying to climb walls, and they canuse the cannons, which can take out lots of troops, as long as they hit. You just have to look out for enemy cannons and make sure you get your troops off the walls if they are going to fall.
It would be a bit hard to use fire by rank on walls, as the troops at the front are on the steps, and are higher up than the troops behind.
You just need to play around with the placing to make it work.

[Insaniac]

Originally posted by Shadowcast:

Ye the line up on walls is horrible. i wish they do something about it and let us use rank by fire on walls also. i am thinking of placing all inside the interior, the outside just to do the purpose of making the enemy have trouble getting inside and easier for me to hsoot at.

This works well too, particularly when outnumbered.