Towers

**antisocialmunky** · 02-07-2009, 19:22

If the siege tower code is intact from RTW, mounting a realistic amount of arrow throwers would be possible.

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-08-2009, 21:13

Would that be as a seperate unit or part of the tower itself?

**Lucio Domicio Aureliano** · 02-08-2009, 22:14

Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah

Would that be as a seperate unit or part of the tower itself?

I belive it would be a separate unit but i´m not sure.

**antisocialmunky** · 02-08-2009, 23:36

Make them like the RTW epic wall siege towers but more realistic with numerous weapon mounts and various catapult sizes. Something like the Helioplois for the highest level walls like desert said might be cool. Its just that the generic M2TW siege towers detract from the whole experience.

Will EB also turn off the inward facing tower defenses as the siege like in SS as the AI doesn't recognize it.

**desert** · 02-08-2009, 23:47

And of course, could there be more artillery in a unit? Cause it feels like I'm paying 10000 mani for 60 men to man a single gun. Of course, damage would need to be reduced, but still.

**antisocialmunky** · 02-08-2009, 23:56

Well, they aren't meant to replace archers. They take out high value targets like generals and catanks.

**desert** · 02-09-2009, 00:05

There are 8 katapeltai per unit for the light ones, and 4(?) for the heavy ones. So that's fine, but I would love for there to be 8 in both.

Katapeltai weren't really designed with cataphracts in mind, and aren't really that useful anyways.

What I was talking about in my previous post were the stone-throwers, which have like 80 men for 2 guns, or 60 men for 1 gun. And the lighter ones (with 80 men) do as much damage as the heavy 1 talent ones.

What I propose is either stronger walls and more stone throwers, or weaker AND more numerous stone throwers,

**seienchin** · 02-11-2009, 13:54

Originally Posted by antisocialmunky

Well, they aren't meant to replace archers. They take out high value targets like generals and catanks.

Yeah but on the other hand the romans sometimes used huge ammounts of their torsion weapons. At the battlefield that was recently found in northern germany there were great ammounts of large metal spears fired from ballistae. So at least the Romanoi ones should have more men, but however

http://www.roemercohorte.de/index.php?id=46&l=en