Deleting watchtowers

**Oriflamme** · July 26, 2007, 05:15 PM

...is there any way to delete your own watchtowers? They clutter up the map when the front line has long moved on.

**Trajan** · July 26, 2007, 07:22 PM

No, not that I know.

**MattErickson** · July 27, 2007, 12:53 AM

Really? I don't usually have a problem with them, I'll just place them off main roads or in heavy forest areas. Places in which I know I will not go, but close enough to borders/vast spaces in my lands, that I can see what I need to.

**delra** · July 27, 2007, 03:49 AM

It would be nice if they were available in cities as a building. You build it and watchtowers are placed in whole province highlighting it. Just as with roads.

**jimjimjim** · July 27, 2007, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by delra

It would be nice if they were available in cities as a building. You build it and watchtowers are placed in whole province highlighting it. Just as with roads.

Good Idea

**KaerMorhen** · July 27, 2007, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by delra

It would be nice if they were available in cities as a building. You build it and watchtowers are placed in whole province highlighting it. Just as with roads.

that'd be very usefull good idea and +rep

**Towelie** · July 27, 2007, 07:01 AM

Well thats how it worked in M1TW..

**Kinjo** · July 27, 2007, 07:08 AM

Originally Posted by delra

It would be nice if they were available in cities as a building. You build it and watchtowers are placed in whole province highlighting it. Just as with roads.

Just like Towelie said thats how it worked in MTW1. I think it would be much better that way, the ai always places the watch towers in the worst place.

**delra** · July 27, 2007, 02:48 PM

But is this possible to implement in M2TW? :-)

**jimbob** · July 27, 2007, 04:31 PM

Can't rebels capture them?

One game I played, I put a load in the desert around dongola (or whatever it's called)... When I went back 50 turns later or so..... they were no longer working, even though I could see them on the map. I did a quick toggle_fow, and there were a couple of rebel armies down there.

**Towelie** · July 27, 2007, 04:48 PM

Any army can capture 'em. Even yours, just place your army next to the watchtower in another's faction settlement.

**Parzival** · July 27, 2007, 05:12 PM

Yeah that gets very frustrating, especially if it's out in the middle of nowhere.

Rebels are drawn to watch towers like moths to a flame

**delra** · July 27, 2007, 05:40 PM

You would have to send your cavalry to the place to get rid of the rebels anyway.

When I see that there's "lights off" on one of my towers I know it's time to get new shiny chevrons for my templar knights. :-)