Ballista\'s are magic

[MonkeyMan]

Something i didn't know and still don't understand. The AI used balistas in a siege to knock down my castle walls and they were really effective. That just seems stupid to me, dont ballistas fire a big arrow, it should take years to knock a castle wall down with one of them, you'd be as well off using harsh language.

[Inferno]

Another case of gameplay over realism.

Amazingly, your troops can knock down a castle gate house too. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif

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It's getting warm in here...that must be one hell of an INFERNO!

[Maelstrom]

A castle wall is about all you CAN hit with them....

[MonkeyMan]

It's almost just the fact i never considered doing it myself before, because conceptually it's just silly. I can understand the troops knoking through a gate thing, my problem with that is the ones closest to the gate are safe from arrow fire and no attemtp is made to pour anything nasty on them. Anyway don't even get me started on moats and siege engines. I've built better castles out of lego.

[Sjakihata]

if that is true, I am glad I am not a wizard... http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif