Zanmato
King
pigswill said:I think the idea behind walls is that you can quickly establish a defence for a new city without waiting for it to build up significant culture; so in that sense walls are a stop-gap measure.
That's all very well until Gunpowder units appear then you get no bonus at all. You can build a castle well into late game but they offer very little by then, only +1 culture as they are only effective against pre-gunpowder too.