Taking towers

[krusel24]

How on god's green earth do you get your men to go up the towers when assaulting a town??? I march them up to the door, click on the walkway, then watch as then run around and get shot one by one. Does anyone have any tips on how to do this with minimal lose of life.

[Leodegar]

You can't take them from below. Only with troops on the wall... but once you've taken a tower,you can send troops up, through it.

[krusel24]

But I've had troops go up from below and take the tower before. I just don't know how I did it.

[LordKhaine]

You click on the top of the wall. Then they'll go through the tower to get there. Sometimes the units seem to mess around a bit before they go through the door though, so give them time.

[CrusaderMan]

I am not sure but they need to use siege ladders first. Then they can climb anywhere they want.

[Didz]

Right!

Seige Towers and Ladders.

To get your troops to use these to climb onto the wall just click on a unit and then click on a point at the top of the wall. They will automatically use the seige tower or ladder to get there.

[I would advise not having the unit grouped with other units at the time unless you are sure that they are arranged in column formation. Units in line will sometimes refuse to climb towers.]

Wall Towers.

Capturing a wall tower can be done either from the top of the wall itself or provided there is a door it can be done from the ground inside the wall. However, troops cannot be ordered to occupy the platform at the top of the tower, so in order to get them to enter it and clear out the enemy you have to order your unit to a point on the top of the wall instead.

If your unit is already on the wall then order it to move to a point on the wall which is the other side of the tower. The unit will march into the tower and out the other side capturing it on the way.

If your unit is on the ground inside the city move it close to the tower then order it to mount the wall. It will use the door in the tower to get to the parapet and capture the tower on the way.

[Again, I would strongly advise not having the unit grouped with others when doing this unless the group is in column formation.]