Fortress or Guard Tower

[rajwarrior]

for those that have the T-Day DLC,

Do you prefer the Fortress or Guard Tower?

[mustachewarfare]

for what purpose? I generally find military unnecessary and only find myself building some because military faction is demanding them. so i end up building guard tower which cost less and take less space.

[rajwarrior]

How do you find military unnecessary?

Most campaigns require it at some point. You will usually have rebels attacking in WW and cold war eras and you always have one of the other countries attacking you at the end of WW era

[mustachewarfare]

Originally posted by rajwarrior:

How do you find military unnecessary?

Most campaigns require it at some point. You will usually have rebels attacking in WW and cold war eras and you always have one of the other countries attacking you at the end of WW era

rebel end up destroying 1~2 building and other countries I can end up paying them

=> usually economic damage they do is less than military investment i need to put to defend myself.

think it is case by case though

[rajwarrior]

Originally posted by mustachewarfare:

Most campaigns require it at some point. You will usually have rebels attacking in WW and cold war eras and you always have one of the other countries attacking you at the end of WW era

rebel end up destroying 1~2 building and other countries I can end up paying them

=> usually economic damage they do is less than military investment i need to put to defend myself.

think it is case by case though [/quote]

yeah, the damage isn't (usually) major. I guess I'm just don't like losing to rebels
Never paid off anyone but the crown. If I side with the Allies, the Axis usually attack with no option to pay anyway.

I upped the difficulty on my last playthrough and it seems that the rebel attacks happen more often with more rebels in them blowing up more buildings as well.

[Ishau]

I am a people pleaser. I don't bother with any millitary and always play on Very Hard. In over 70 hours of game play I have been attacked by rebels twice and even then they on;y destroyed 1 building

[The Strategist]

I ivest to much in military building walls of guard towers and huge military bases it payed of when Russia hated me and attacked me with so much force even my super dupper Army i invest 900.589 mil in didnt stop them from destroying 22 buildings. So it really depends on the game, era, difficulty, economy, money, etc.

[mustachewarfare]

problem i find is that it is not a money issue but more of people issue. I am always short on people and avoid to waste any citizen on tasks that is not in rolling the economy.

Hospital and Food is critical for my citizens to not die so i don't mind investing in. (Also hospital can increase birth rate)
Education is critical to reach more advanced form of economy
infrastructure => doesn't need explanation
Entertainment + Economy building => can net out some extra money while entertainment also boosts happiness

Overall all these non production building do something that helps economy but military doesn't do anything important. The only saving grace of military units would be that by preventing enemy from destroying your building =>it prevents loss of inventory stocked up and time lost for reconstruction
=> not really substantial in my eye.

Also, it is better to get happiness than military to protect yourself from rebel because IIRC higher happiness encourages more immigrants

[kingjames488]

I like a fortress beside my palace and gaurd towers other places