Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
I've had many siege towers destroyed by the AI, about half to archers using fire arrows and half to towers using fire arrows. For some reason, they only seem to nail a tower when it's a closely contested siege. Whenever I have overwhelming force, I never lose a tower. Makes for a fun game when my pincer attack on the gate walls fails due to a cohort bonfire.
Hmm, I've heard that from everyone else, but the ai simply never has any archers when I am beseiging them. I have lost a seige tower once, when it was already at the walls, and half the unit was already off. That was because the AI had a balista team on the ground inside of the castle. Otherwise, they never get me. However, if I send battering rams at any castle with a stone wall, they can destroy them all, even if I bring 3 or 4, before I even get close. Against wooden walls, they work fine.