Quote Originally Posted by tgi View Post
Uh. Stupid question here: Why would I ever want to OPEN my gates?

Seems to me that I'm making better use of my Lvl 7 wall only if my gates are closed. Right?

What am I missing?
It's a bit tricky, but if you got your gates closed your army doesn't fight back.

You're scouted beforehand, your opponent knows your wall defenses and can send according. So if you've got traps, he won't send warriors, if you've got abatis, he won't send ponies.

If you've got a good sized army they will fight back, both in case of scouting and of attack. For instance, if you have 50K scouts and there are 20K scouts incoming, your opponent won't get a scout report as his scouts will be killed by yours.