Seige

**Chrisjm15** · 03-05-2008, 11:15

Hi there, I'm a Noob, first post.

Playing as the English M/M turn 40ish. At war with Portugal (they blockaded my port once)

and Denmark. Pope has ecom'd me (the old Denmark declares war, I kick their ass and the Pope gets annoyed cos I pissed him off for killing off the Scots in turn6) .

I'm spread a little thin

as have Edin, all of England, and the top row of France/Belgium/Holland. Now have taken Hamburg and Arnus (sp?) from the Danes. No depth to my line, and the Danes are now camped outside Hamburg with a similar amount of troops (but way better than my collection of militia spearmen).

Question is are they going to seige me????

I also have 6 sets of Longbowmen so wouldn't mind. Think I could just stand on the walls and pick them off.

They're currently waiting it out and it's starting to annoy me cos my men are going to surrender sooner rather than later and getting troops there from my castles in England might not happen in time.

Further question - what are the pros and cons of seiging if you just have to wait around until they surrender?

Thanks.

**FactionHeir** · 03-05-2008, 13:29

You can assault or wait it out depending on what you prefer. Waiting it out allows reinforcements for either side to show up.

If the AI waits you out, you can sally each turn and cause some casualties if you have long range missile units. To sally, have units exit the gate, inflict some casualties and retreat back to the safety of the walls. When you end battle, it will be a draw and the siege continues. You can do so once a turn per settlement.

**Chrisjm15** · 03-05-2008, 13:56

I didn't realise you could sally every turn, thought once you'd done it that was it. Might do it a couple of times to wittle down their numbers then reinforce and kick their ass.

Also, does the AI every actually seige you, or do they just wait?

**FactionHeir** · 03-05-2008, 13:58

Depends. Sometimes they assault you a turn or two in, sometimes they wait you out completely, but if you can whittle down their numbers, they often just retreat.

If you siege the AI, they usually wait till the very last turn to sally.