Are Forts worth building?

[FaZe_Todd]

Is it worth the time to go to each individual province and build a fort?

[easytarget]

It certainly looks like the AI thinks so.

[FaZe_Todd]

Originally posted by easytarget:

It certainly looks like the AI thinks so.

I know, they can't get carpal tunnel syndrome

[Varainger]

If you want to slow down enemy sieges and increase fighting bonuses for your army there, then...maybe.

[Dan]

Originally posted by AlbertP3:

Is it worth the time to go to each individual province and build a fort?

Certainly! Undoubtedly!

[The Void Boy]

Mostly just do it on core provinces, not worth doing on colonial provinces. If you're Russia you'll probably want to just do it in Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Baltic states. Honestly if the enemy ever reaches Russia proper, you're probably screwed by that point. USA; it's never worth doing, you'll probably stay out of wars to maximize immigration anyway.

[Hat8]

Mods generally balance forts by making them more expensive and making it so that you have less money to begin with. I'd recommend any of the popular mods if you hate this.

You should be putting forts everywhere to be optimal, but its not really worth the effort. Its great for your economy due to all the resources that will be demanded, but thats the only other benefit. Just focus forts on where the fighting will likely be.

[whatamidoing]

Ctrl-click exists, you don't need to click every single province. I usually spam them late-game.

[Lembley42]

Like whatamidoing said: Hold down Ctrl to build/expand forts in every province of the region. Use the region map mode (‚T‘) to fasten this up more.

I only build forts in all border regions.
They give 10% Military tactics per lecel to the defender (if he also controls the province)

[whatamidoing]

They also massively increase occupation time, which is why I dump them all over my colonies. The AI puts a lot more troops in Africa than I do, so I pretty much only ever bother to garrison the ports and maybe leave a couple small bait stacks to defend in mountains (they usually do remarkably well) and focus on fighting in Europe, where it really matters.

[Lembley42]

I never play Singleplayer so Occupation times don’t really matter to me. But for SPer that’s probably useful true.

[FaZe_Todd]

Originally posted by whatamidoing:

Ctrl-click exists, you don't need to click every single province. I usually spam them late-game.

What does control click do with forts?

[FaZe_Todd]

Originally posted by Lembley42:

Like whatamidoing said: Hold down Ctrl to build/expand forts in every province of the region. Use the region map mode (‚T‘) to fasten this up more.

I only build forts in all border regions.
They give 10% Military tactics per lecel to the defender (if he also controls the province)

OHHH, that makes things easier

[whatamidoing]

Works for railroads too