attacking forts?

[jnpoint]

Help me, how do I attack a fort without loosing everything? What is best to do? I'm loosing to much!!

[jeffk3510]

Do you have any artillery?

[jnpoint]

Yes, sometimes
Is it hopeless without artillery?

[terje439]

Attacking fort on strategic map or in detailed battle? In detailed battle surround it or bypass it altogether as the units there are mere reserves only and will disappear after the battle anyway.
Strategic map, well bring alot of men, CAV is no use here. You do also get upgrades that helps. But the kind of siege you chose affects losses as well, with a mere INF army I will chose to surround the fort and spend some two turns to take it out.

But do you NEED to take it out? I hardly ever bother unless I want to conquer that specific province.

[jnpoint]

thanks for the response - it is in detailed battle. I just think, that I loose to many men, when I come to near to the fort, but you think, that I shall ignore it and just surround the fort?!

[jeffk3510]

Yes, because they remain put, and after the battle if you are victorious, they're simply gone.

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: jnpoint

thanks for the response - it is in detailed battle. I just think, that I loose to many men, when I come to near to the fort, but you think, that I shall ignore it and just surround the fort?!

I actually think that forts are too weak in this game, and that they are destroyed too soon [:)]
See the movie Glory too see how hard a fort could really bee to take down.

[jeffk3510]

I agree to both of those statements.  I wonder if Matthew Brokerick HADN'T taken a day off... if they would have taken it sooner and easier in the movie..... hmmm ha ha ha ha....[8|]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

I agree to both of those statements.  I wonder if Matthew Brokerick HADN'T taken a day off... if they would have taken it sooner and easier in the movie..... hmmm ha ha ha ha....[8|]

What seemed odd to me in Glory and in Gettysburg is why they did not implement a UUSR-style WWII attack, massing INF in the attack. Since not all units had repeting rifles it should have broken the line...oh well hindsight is wicked [:D]

[jnpoint]

ORIGINAL: terje439

ORIGINAL: jnpoint

thanks for the response - it is in detailed battle. I just think, that I loose to many men, when I come to near to the fort, but you think, that I shall ignore it and just surround the fort?!

I actually think that forts are too weak in this game, and that they are destroyed too soon [:)]
See the movie Glory too see how hard a fort could really bee to take down.

On the other hand, the game has only a few years to solve the war - so I guess that it is a question of balance between time and realism

[jeffk3510]

True... and my comment was totally a joke in reference to his more famous movie.....

[jnpoint]

sorry, I missed that [8|]

[morganbj]

The forts in detail are not the "cities" in strategic.  So, you can demolish a fort in detail, lose the battle, and the city "fort" is still there.
 
I seldom, if ever, attack forts in detail.  I stay away from them.
 
But, if you must, then use artillery.  Otherwse, you'll use up troops that could usually be better put to use somewhere else.
 

[jeffk3510]

you might as well just sit back and shell with artillery for the most part