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1) If your gates are closed while you are still in protection....can armies go through them?

2) I was told that if you set a path through a city whose gates are open and the gates close before the army gets there, that the army will still pass through the gates...because the path was set prior to closed gates...Is this correct?

Ok... I can maybe understand a yes to 1. But wouldn't it make more sense that if a gate closed regardless of time of closure that it would mean that it was closed and you can not pass? 

For Example: Lets say that you see an opposing army coming at you... because you invested in lots of guard towers. And that even though they were days away from your gates it means nothing if they set their path prior to you closing your gates. One would think that would totally change the whole aspect of the game making it a more offensive game than defensive. Just sayin

OK no problem... Can you explain the era problem why new spawned players that have never played this game before are getting slaughtered by kingdoms that are an era ahead of them as soon as they are oop...?