Marsh or high lands?

[An Ian]

I whant a villange to make pitch in and cant decide witch to go with witch has better long term useage?

[RazingHel]

Highland; Marsh doesn't have Iron, which is an essential resource for making weapons.

[Strategy Player]

It depends on your kingdom. Do you have a need for a lot of pitch?? Then go with marsh.
If not go with highland. Highland gives you a lot of stone and iron space, and you get a defensive bonus for your castle as well. I like to throw banquets and always use my highlands villages to make the metal goblets since they take iron. You can still make a ton of pitch in a highlands village if you set up the pitch rigs right and do some research like you would for wood and stone. Marsh does give you a 20% bonus when you are making catapults.

http://help.strongholdkingdoms.com/index.php/Village_Table

Here is a handy guide from the Wiki page telling you all about the different types of villages.

[RazingHel]

Highland can produce plenty of pitch, the only instance I didn't have enough pitch from a highland was when I had a smelter castle with only the outer an outer wall, the entire inside was filled with smelters and after every AI attack it would cost about 20k pitch to refil the pots.

[Strategy Player]

Good example Dekay.

It all depends on how much total pitch you will need over the entire game. Are you the only person in your group going to be making pitch? Do you need to build all the pitch upgrades in your parish?? Are you planning on using oil pots and smelters in all of your castles?? Are you going to use your oil pots every time an AI castle attacks you?? Are you planning on trading pitch in daily to make your gold???

Your question asks what has better long term uses. The answer is what are you going to use your pitch for?? How much do you need for the entire game?? Are you only going to have 1 highland or 1 marsh village??? to make all of your pitch??? If you make a marsh village it pretty much only makes pitch and that is it.

Keep in mind every player can have between 1 and 40 villages, that means 1 and 40 castles.

Hope that helps, both can make ptich it is just how much total do you want and what are your plans for the pitch over the entire game.

[An Ian]

Originally posted by Strategy Player:

Good example Dekay.

It all depends on how much total pitch you will need over the entire game. Are you the only person in your group going to be making pitch? Do you need to build all the pitch upgrades in your parish?? Are you planning on using oil pots and smelters in all of your castles?? Are you going to use your oil pots every time an AI castle attacks you?? Are you planning on trading pitch in daily to make your gold???

Your question asks what has better long term uses. The answer is what are you going to use your pitch for?? How much do you need for the entire game?? Are you only going to have 1 highland or 1 marsh village??? to make all of your pitch??? If you make a marsh village it pretty much only makes pitch and that is it.

so highlands cus I just need pitch to upgrade stuff in the parish and sell for gold

[Sesshomaru]

Highlands are for Warzones, a secondry base
Marsh is for making Cats because of the bonus and selling off pitch in your safe zone.
I have more HIghland than Marsh.