Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-6600457-20141010205649/@comment-24108228-20141017181308

Remind me again why we are doing this.

Castles are ineffective. Climbing over is easy and a matter of a couple boulders, building them takes time, dedication, and a high architecture skill. Now you want to nerf them.

Think about what this would achieve. With new weapons (which we shall assume have been perfectly balanced so that they only work well on castle tribes and aren't terrible at it), castles are going to get completely obliterated. Suddenly, there is a massive desire for castle defence (again, let's assume it was perfectly balanced and cant be abused elsewhere). Now that castles are great for defence (and the new update attracts a ton of attention to them), castles appear everywhere! Raiders see this and think: Raider: Now everyone has a castle! They need a nerf, they're OP. And so we get new weaponry. Eventually, we cant keep it balanced anymore, and castles are a must for any tribe. Not to mention the appropriate features that come with it. Any tribe that doesn't is easily killed, and the tribal aspect of this game becomes a massive game of Castles vs Raiders.

I'm not saying it's not possible, and I'm not saying you cant balance it. I'm saying its a bad idea.