Where did they hide the mangonels??

[Rob The Bastard]

I have had a couple of rebellions where I am laying siege to the enemy castle and the province revolts...by 8 or 9 unmanned mangonels...the enemy sallies out of the castle to certain death and the mangonals don't fire a shot. I gallop some horse units over to the mangonels to slaughter the men and smash the machines and no on is there

Several questions arise...

after my scorched earth tactics where did they get the technology to build these things?

Having dragged the things to the castle why abandon them before the battle?

The first time it happened I wasn't to keen to face the things...something akin to the charge of the light brigade came to mind.

General " Captain" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Captain " Sir?" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
General " Do you see those mangonals, Captain?"
Captain " Yes Sir 10 of them, Sir" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
General " Be a good boy and take them out, will you" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/idea.gif
Captain " Sir?" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif
General " Just gallop across and take them out" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif
Captain" But" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif
General " Captain?" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif
Captain"....Yes, Sir" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif

Splat...splat....splatter...mash...mangle...squidge...squash...rain of death etc.

General " Oh Dear.....Captain" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif
Next Captain " gulp...Sir???" http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif


Has any one had this ...or is it a bug??

[Alrowan]

if you have the 1.1 patch i tihnk they actually fixed this problem, putting a cap on the number of rebel siege weapons.