Apgad
12-02-2008, 04:00
I've noticed something interesting with siege towers that I'd never seen before. I was beseiging Mastia, and had 6 towers when Qarthadast sallied.
Rather than drop the towers and reform, I decided to see what would happen if I held onto them with autofire on. I had enough other troops to form a line in front. They attacked a few units at a time, and whenever they came within range the ballista on the towers would start picking them off, which is what I thought would happen.
Then after a while I noticed that the ammo bar for those units (prinicipes) was going down. Eventually they were empty, so I got my prinicipes to drop the tower and reform. As soon as they did that they had full ammo again, and were able to throw their pila.
Obviously the ammo bar initially refers to the tower, which must have a specified amount of bolts (which makes sense). I'd never noticed this before, as they generally don't have that long to fire before they reach a wall.
Does anyone know if gates and wall towers have similar limits on ammo?
Rather than drop the towers and reform, I decided to see what would happen if I held onto them with autofire on. I had enough other troops to form a line in front. They attacked a few units at a time, and whenever they came within range the ballista on the towers would start picking them off, which is what I thought would happen.
Then after a while I noticed that the ammo bar for those units (prinicipes) was going down. Eventually they were empty, so I got my prinicipes to drop the tower and reform. As soon as they did that they had full ammo again, and were able to throw their pila.
Obviously the ammo bar initially refers to the tower, which must have a specified amount of bolts (which makes sense). I'd never noticed this before, as they generally don't have that long to fire before they reach a wall.
Does anyone know if gates and wall towers have similar limits on ammo?