Hospitals vs Guard Stations

[Neither]

Hi, can someone explain the exact difference between hospitals and guard stations.
Hospitals - Daily Chance of Curing the Plague, Decrease Military Losses by
Guard Stations - Decrease Resource Losses when Attacked

I want to minimize the number of troops i lose when i get attacked, will hospitals and guard stations give me the same effect? Thanks!

[Syiss]

Hospitals decrease military losses.

I'm not sure how you get "troops" out of "resources" but Guard Stations decrease the amount of land you lose when you get attacked.

[Utopia4life]

if you run 20% GSs you lose 68 acres instead of 100 when attacked.
if you run 20% hospitals you lose 48% less units in combat (when attacked/being attacked ect)

[ksisco]

Do GS's protect resources like gcs, sci, runes and food when you get plundered/learned?

What about pezzies, wiz, thieves when massacred?

[idlesavage]

GS's protect against all attacks, hospitals reduce troop losses...

resources = acres, sci, pop, etc..

[ksisco]

Seems like GS are pretty powerful then. I think I should think about using them.... :)

[Mikeland]

Gs and hospitals are both beneficial, however it is dependent on your kingdom race/setup and goal.

[Ishandra]

If you have loads of GS but no hospitals you were likely to become underpopulated and your military will crumble, leaving you land fat.

If you have loads of hospitals and no GS, its easier to chain you into overpopulation, making the hosps worthless as all the troops leave.



Try and predict which you think will help you more in war, or run 10% of each and move that 10% from one into the other once you know which is helping more.

[Attila]

Resources doesn't include science. Libraries does that.
Resources inc: land, gc, runes, food.

[rosedragoness]

Neither, this discussion might enlight you about guard stations: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=573688

[Catwalk]

I believe science is included under resources. Yes, that means two buildings would protect science. I may be wrong, would be nice to test. But expecting OMAC to publish data on this as the new guide is expanded anyway.