AI Siege Problem

[BossMax05]

good day!

is it normal that the AI destroy all[almost] towers before entering the city/castle walls?

i don't like it when they do that because it takes a long time.

my usual strategy whenever may settlement is being seige is to put all may melee unit in streets leading to the town square and putting all my archers in the town square[i play england =)].i don't really defend the walls.

[Yun Dog]

Are you playing with patch 1.2

I found the AI usually isnt as zealous about destroying all the towers, it usually punches 3 holes in the wall knocks out near towers and then comes in.

With patch 1.2 you can accelerate time x6 which means the wait isnt too bad

I usually keep a throw away unit on the main gate tower in case they dont knock out all the towers or get too close then the towers will open up - if they get overrun 'ce la vi' - they served their lord well.

[Kobal2fr]

Well, it's the sensible thing to do isn't it ?

But I've seen the AI do something really strange once, when a Byz army including one ballista attacked Heraklion : they started shooting at the wall next to the gate first, then when it reached 60 or 70% they switched to the wall on the other side, and when that one reached 60% too, they started shooting the towers, but didn't have enough ammo left to take one down. I didn't have any men on the walls either.

Here's a screenie :
http://www.kobal2.free.fr/M2TW/weird.jpg

The corpses belong to the left unit, they caught a ballista bolt that went through the gaps before I moved them for basic safety reasons. Kids ! Don't play catch the 10ft steel bolt with your teeth at home !

[Didz]

@BossMax05
Must admit thats exactly what I do when I'm assaulting a town, so I can't really complain when the AI does it.

[WhiskeyGhost]

I do exactly the same thing, especially since if you can catch some enemies on the walls when you damage it enough, you cause some decent casualties :eeeek: :hmg:

[Flavius Merobaudes]

Kids ! Don't play catch the 10ft steel bolt with your teeth at home !
:laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:

[BossMax05]

ok.now i understand that the ai really does that.tnx everyone

[SadCat]

If you have cannon towers the AI will lose a lot of its men if it does not take them out first. So I expect the AI was told to hit the towers as one of the top 3 things to do. I know I do and as I play with no timer I have allot of time to do the job right. Oh keep in mind cannon towers reach beyond the edge of the map. So once they start in you kill the tower or take the wall or you die. SadCat :book: