seige weapons: sap point & siege towers

[Devastatin Dave]

I only use sapping. Its the best and easiest way of assualting a city IMHO. Battering Rams burn and so do towers. Punch a hole in the wall and bum rush it has been the best policy so far for me.

[Quietus]

I only use sapping. Its the best and easiest way of assualting a city IMHO. Battering Rams burn and so do towers. Punch a hole in the wall and bum rush it has been the best policy so far for me.

Sapping is great, up to the point where you order your horse to run, instead they will walk slowly. Or you tell you them make to charge and they go on a different direction. You tell your Principes to fire and they charge.

If you survive that, you'll be shot to pieces by the towers When your tattered forces get to the center town, as you try to surround the enemy, one of your units will be hypnotized and drift toward the centerGc Rolleyes4

[The_Emperor]

Sapping and siege towers are my main siege tools of choice when assaulting a city (when I am without Ornagers)

I prefer Siege towers to ladders because of the extra protection it provides. Guys on ladders tend to be very vulnerable to arrow tower and especially archer fire... But they are a lot quicker to build than towers or Sap points, so if a city has a puny garisson and you are in a rush to take it they can be worthwhile.

I always send guys up onto the walls first and have them capture the arrow towers, before the Sappers have finished... This helps to provide the covering fire my men need around the sapping point.

Skirmishers and Archers are great for sending onto the wall as with their speed they can capture towers quickly, and also provide missile support from up there.

Sieges rule now!