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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tauton_ikhnos" data-source="post: 1633392" data-attributes="member: 16195">1. Build rolling walls. Think of it as a vertical wall set on top of a raft... except that the raft has wheels. You've got a ton of wood there. Line those rolling walls up, with tower shields hung on it in case of emergency, and start establishing a beach head against the forest.2. Cut down trees within your beachhead. You don't have to cut down a million square miles, just enough that elves have problems shooting at you. If one orc can cut a tree down in about two hours, and needs an hour of rest afterward, then 400 orcs can cut down about 1200 trees per day. A dense pine forest has about one tree per 50 square feet, so that's a 250 ft x 250 ft square that they can clear each day. Have soldiers with tower shields guard them, of course! Within a few days, you should have more than enough room around the keep to keep the elves at bay.3. Boat soldiers should have tower shields up during transit. Those things give total cover for a reason.4. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for beachheads along the river.5. The best part about cutting down some 1200 trees per day is the approximately 8 tons of firewood that represents per day. After the first day or so, build yourself a bonfire around the keep. In Mother Orcland, dutch oven cooks you!</blockquote>