However, in the Imperial Age the tree-clearing Siege Onager and powerful anti-building weapons such as Trebuchets and Siege Rams become available, reducing the impact of defensive structures and causing the best defense to be good offense. Apart from that, the fact they receive cheaper Villagers (costing 40 food instead of 50) can assist in building structures faster, as well as in stone mining, necessary for most building-related technologies.īuilding walls and towers can significantly impede rushes by the enemy in the Feudal Age and even in the Castle Age walls can slow down an enemy with siege. Shang - Despite lacking the Ballista Tower upgrade, they do have the Fortified Wall upgrade, and their walls have +60% hit points, as the Babylonian ones.
Choson - Their towers have +2 range, meaning that a fully upgraded Ballista Tower can match the range of the Helepolis and the Juggernaught, and easily destroy them in a matter of seconds, decreasing the likelihood of large rushes in later games.Babylonians - Their walls and towers have +60% hit points which, combined with their stone mining bonus, is especially useful for defensive purposes from the Tool Age to the Iron Age.The utility of turtling inevitably diminishes when siege weapons start rolling on the field, especially Heavy Catapults, but it can still be useful when preparing to build a Wonder, with the defensive structures existing to delay the enemy for as long as possible, until it stands for two thousand years, and the player wins the game. It is also imperative to research Architecture as quickly as possible, as the hit points of structures are increased, while the construction time is decreased. Also, it depends on whether the map features enough chokepoints, to minimize the cost in stone of defensive structures.Įither way, players that intend to turtle should gather as much stone as possible, as apart from the walls and towers themselves, their unlocking researches (accessible from the Granary) also cost stone. Whether or not a player turtles depends on certain factors, such as the stage of the game, and the civilization's bonuses.
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