Two towers

[Ivica]

upgrading the gate, as in the picture that is yours

[Boris_Gonagan]

Thoroughly agree.
It was suggested some time ago (6 months?) that the game needs another Tier of defenses: walls with hoardings at the top for archers, Gate Houses for better gate defense.
Specifically, something as shown with maybe room for 3 archers/crossbowmen in each tower and a strong double gate or gate and portcullis that is much harder to get through.
Historically attacking gates directly ran into very strong defenses and fortifications, because a wooden gate was such an obvious weak spot in stone walls. Currently it is almost required to put at least two towers covering every gate, and then double or triple the gate. Why not, as in the illustration, simply build that kind of defense into a single massive Gate House structure. Maybe requiring Stone, Iron and Wood to build so it’s a major piece of work only available at Tier 4?

[Stonemason]

lol, i remember studying the walls in the loading screen more carefully and then wondering if people actually built their walls in the game with the towers integrated into the walls, is that even possible? Tried it in my most recent map and found out not really, the walls dont connect to the watchtowers. Of course, you wouldn’t want the towers to be attacked directly like that anyway. I put a stone wall and gate around the watchtowers guarding my new gigamines, since the bandits have taken a liking to destroying at least one every raid now.

[Epona]

I agree. It should be possible to build towers in the walls as shown in the starting illustration.