Are Watchtowers useless?

[Cãomunista]

I mean, the watchtower should provide patrol to houses but i think it just gives little fortification, wich can be achieved with a long tower with passive fort

[Maehlice]

Village Watchtowers? No. Sort of. Not really, no.

City Watchtowers -- yes!

It's a difference of light vs heavy fortification. Light fortification is much much much more easily obtained passively through bell and manor towers.

[Minotorious]

Watchtowers are simply an option to having walls around your village or towers in your monuments.

What I did in my village which was convenient was to have a light fortification wall and add heavy fortification watchtowers on it to cover my houses with both kinds of fortification

[Sagoth]

Originally posted by Minotorious:

What I did in my village which was convenient was to have a light fortification wall and add heavy fortification watchtowers on it to cover my houses with both kinds of fortification

Doesn't heavy fortification count as light? Thought i saw that goods maker accepts heavy fort even tho it requires only light.

[Minotorious]

Yes heavy does also count as light, but if you already have a wooden wall for light why demolish it and risk houses downgrade, just adding a few heavy watchtowers does the trick though granted it requires watchmen as workers

[MonkeyJack_NZ]

i like watchtowers, they look lots better than the wooden walls. so im glad that im not forced to build them and i have the option

[Cãomunista]

What tech unlocks heavy watchtowers? I only have the heavy fortification module on my castle.

[darkslimus]

Watchtower is how things works, it's walls who are useless ! Try to defend a city with only a wall and you will understand fast ...

But in this game watchtowers can be useless if you want. It's a good option if people like it, for me it's not RP.