I’m switching the gold standard formation to 29 teutonic knights, 20 hand canoneers, 11 monks, stand ground - but keeping the 21 monk salute as is which is 29 tuets, 21 monks, 10 hands - reason being for easy garrison of the hands into the castle and the monks will hang out in the bunkers when staying at home
as a side effect gives the 11 monks laughter abilities
I give you siege/monk protection walls
3 layers thick
2 walls, 1 gate long going outwards
A safe place for siege standingby
And a more accurate healing fortress
Enough room to still run around the castle
Bottom tc is 1 space from the castle and walls
Sides and middle are right up against the castle
This will defend the siege from an incoming raid more importantly, and it
defends the castle even further from surrounding forces
The Monestary is 2 empty spaces away from the castle to allow room for walking around the castle as well when adding in towers
the group of 20 teutonic knights may garrison in the opposite castle if wanted
I dub the 2 monk formations as the Healing Fortress when the monks are in the bunkers, and the Teutonic Healing (Mobile) Fortress respectively
Siege may be switched out for anything random that suits the fancy and situation.
Edited the castle formation with walls’ bottom tc to be moved right against the castle - without walls it would be one space down - but with walls there is no reason to extend it beyond the castle
Siege/monk protection walls are now setup 4 layers thick- farms are setup in a perfect double square and 2 monestaries are setup close to the castle between the top left and right corners between the tcs
1 castle on one of the four directions of the tc corners - 3 tcs(4total) on the castle’s corners, 20 initial farms in a perfect square starting at a corner of a tc, make sure to have both mill upgrades before making these farms, spam 40 vills to woodline, while doing that(as soon as enough wood) make two monasteries between the top corners of the top and left and right sides of the tcs, sell enough for two monks, go get relics, make more farms, (up to 48 in a perfect doubled square)
get 115 pop vills, on the way there make another castle close to the largest goldmine and the farms, ensure to start mining, make 4 gates against the farms and monestaries, wall inwards along the edges of the tcs to close off the main castle from outwards attack and to make bunkers for siege, secure a nearby woodline and go to imperial age as quick as possible - Build me an army worthy of Mordor.
as for a build order to get there-
2 houses
6 sheep/boar/dear/food
(Save 4 sheep for the berry pickers and either make farms early or lure deer with the scout to keep them occupied before sending the initial food vills to farms
-this is so the berry pickers won’t need to set up farms until castle age when both farm upgrades are done)
For the two encampments - the goal is to close off only the encampments, not surround the resource. Early semiwalls are key to good defense - full walls have their use but are a waste of time in my opinion.
to note, my current in-game name is [Heals] Teutonic Fortress
Added: 05/15/21
Spanish version of the Healing fortress formation -
29 Pallies, 20 Conqs, and 11 Missionaries - square form, stand ground - provides a quicker version of the healing fortress for faster conversions and mobility
add in groups of palladins/conqs and so on depending on situation
Reminder: please make sure to use the companion thread linked in the first post to comment on the content - feel free to post any tactics here however
Suggestion: in my experience, after about 3 games my concentration goes down hill to the point I can barely do anything if it’s not heavily practiced beforehand - slight deviations or major shifts in what the enemy does that I need to react to sways my flow to the point an enemy can break me easily and moreso when I just can’t think of any reactions or I stare off into space - my suggestion is that, for the defensive style at least, consider using it in ranked as your first or second game and try to limit to 3 ranked games, with rests in-between games, in a day(unless you can get a good nap in to reset your mind afterwards) this will generally keep you sharp for each game - your focus is very important when making decisions reacting to the enemy at any point in the game; stay on your toes and remain calm - if you’re not calm, the chance of loss increases significantly - if you’re around 1050 becoming tired can decrease you to the 900’s and further still into the 600-800 range if you lose all concentration - know your self and your limits, keep tabs on your concentration and have fun
