Is Fortress better than Stronghold?

[Silver]

I feel like Stronghold units are too expendable and while they do have 2 shooters and 1 flyer, their final tier unit is underwhelming, wolf riders are glass cannons and ogres too slow

[Sugar]

Well if you havent noticed Stronghold is the opposite of Fortress.One specializes in offense and the other in defense. Gnoll Marauders are slow and do anything.Same can be said for Hobgoblins,but they are much faster and can be used to easily fight neutrals,because they can get two subsequent turns.Wolf riders are glass canons who die easily to archers but theyre still pretty good and shouldnt be neglected,while Lizard warriors are below average.Orc chieftains are average while dragonflies are pretty good.Basilisks are also pretty strong.Ogres are slow,but they are very fat and cant be taken down very easily.Rocs are probably one of the strongest Stronghold creatures.They're fast and they can fly and dish out good damage.Gorgons are good only because of their death stare and unless it procs they turn into tier 5 ghost dragons.Well not entirely,but they're still nothing to brag about.Cyclopses are bad because they want 20 crystals for the Cyclops cave which is more than what the Behemoth lair requires so in most cases i make behemoths earlier than Cyclopses.Wyvern have a cheap dwelling and dont have a lot if requirements for it.I cant remember the cost for the Hydra pond,but i think it costs at least 15K gold while the Behemoth lair wants only 10K.Cyclopses and wyverns are both pretty bad imo.Low health and wyverns dont really have that good of a speed.They cant reach anything besides a 2hex unit and that is if its on the same line as them.Their poison has a very low chance to poison the enemy so unless RNG favors you they're not particularly good.Cyclopses on the other hand can shoot and take down walls take down castle walls so during sieges you can split them into two groups and tear down more of the wall.Ancient Behemoths are better than Chaos Hydras.There is no question about that.Hydras are extremely slow(slowest tier 7 in the game)and have low damage.The hit every hex around them is good but a good opponent will play around that.Behemoths on the other hand are probably the second slowest unit in the game but they have a lot of health and when they reach someone they turn him into dust.Overall the hero himself is very important and what artifacts and spells he has is very important. Still id place my money on Stronghold in a fight where both parties have equal numbers and stat bonuses.

[Lyle]

I think they are pretty evenly matched. But I prefer Fortress.

I find Dragon Flies and Gorgons extremely strong. And I prefer the Hydra to the Behemoth.

[Quickshooter]

it pretty much is, i dunno what was the stats in the expansions
but in RoE the orcs are really weak, probably the weakest faction in the game

the Fortress is really good at sieges, 2 fliers and one of them got massive movespeed
the archer is decent (half map range) but nothing special
Gorgons are actually stronger than Hydra's if you get lucky more than once

so in essence, definitely.
they kinda lack ranged prowress but they make it up with movement points and durability