Artillery Pieces

**Cute Wolf** · 05-15-2010, 14:46

Originally Posted by zcb888

Are they fixed on the battlefield or are they mobile?

they are mobile (unlike most artillery in ETW), but as they are pushed by mere human (not horses), expect them to be insanely slow to move

**paleologos** · 05-15-2010, 14:56

What do you think would be fair price for their usefulness (recruitment and upkeep) ?

I suspect that if the number of pieces per unit is modified the game will crash.

**Cute Wolf** · 05-15-2010, 15:23

Originally Posted by zcb888

What do you think would be fair price for their usefulness (recruitment and upkeep) ?

I suspect that if the number of pieces per unit is modified the game will crash.

nope, no crash, I have modded that myself to my sp EDU

BTW, with default EB settings, only the lowest arrow throwers is useful (actually it was underpriced in default EB i think), but supposedly better artilerry was almost complete useless... they are overpriced and underpowered. Sapping walls with akontistai works better than getting artillery to knock them down

**Macilrille** · 05-15-2010, 18:14

But in Field Battles many enemies rout at the sight of them...

**Apázlinemjó** · 05-15-2010, 23:15

The cheap arrow throwers are insane general killer machines, beware them!

**paleologos** · 05-15-2010, 23:23

Originally Posted by Apázlinemjó

The cheap arrow throwers are insane general killer machines, beware them!

What do you mean "cheap"?

**Duguntz** · 05-16-2010, 07:00

You know, (personal opinion) artillery isn't worth a damn, their only use in the game is to make you loose your treasure in insane construction cost and upkeep. don't build them. many said : yeah, they're good to inflict fear.. well, hire any naked units and you'll cause fear for... 27 000 mnai less! they breach walls... RAMS ALSO! and they're free, also they're good against packed ennemy : not as good as massed sligners... so all in all, artillery is worthless. that was my 2 cents