Talk:Fortified Palisade Wall/@comment-61.14.228.86-20180111193616/@comment-27810937-20180112131207

This is what the dev said about the reason why this wall was removed. Basically, they thought this wall encourage overdefensive playing style in early ages :

"Our initial train of thought was in fact to encourage offensive play. We wanted to prolong the early ages (usually marked by offensive flushing) by introducing an upgrade to the walls (which have been nerfed anyways). However, it didn't work out because of the way resources become available throughout the game. The upgrade had to be in Feudal age (Dark would make it a wall fest, Castle would make it nearly useless)"

"Now in Feudal Age, as soon as you age up, you have a bunch of resources to spend. Of course, those traditionally go to military & the eco upgrades. But alternatively, people could also spend it on the wall upgrade, and turning the whole game into defense. Making the cost too high to do it early, would not invite people to take it later, as then, you can simply go to the castle age. Ideally, it would be an upgrade only available after a few minutes into Feudal, but that's not how AoE2 works"

https://www.reddit.com/r/aoe2/comments/1g9d5m/what_happened_to_the_fortified_upgraded_palisade/