Sap and the Siege tower

[Terry]

I was trying to get in a few turns before going to work. My Roman Faction (Brutii) was attacking Athens. I sent in a group to sap at the walls on my left flank. Without paying enough attention, I ordered a siege tower to attack the same section of wall. When the tunnel work was finished and the defenses started to crumble, my tower went with them...

Terry

[Mikeus Caesar]

Ouch....don't worry mate, i'm sure we've all made that mistake at some point in our RTW lives. I can tell you i have....three times....problem was though, i send my best units in first, in other words, the uber expensive and time consuming Spartan hoplites (they take two turns to make). Complete and utter mess when that happens....

[HarunTaiwan]

Anyone ever try to get the tower through the sap afterwards?

I also love when the sap takes out enemy units on the wall.

"hey, look Spartacus, there are some peltasts running into a hole right in front of us. Should we be worried?"

"Nah, they're just hunting moles."

[Quietus]

I also love when the sap takes out enemy units on the wall.

Hehe.

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[Quillan]

Anyone ever try to get the tower through the sap afterwards?

I also love when the sap takes out enemy units on the wall.

"hey, look Spartacus, there are some peltasts running into a hole right in front of us. Should we be worried?"

"Nah, they're just hunting moles."

To your question, I don't think it works. I never tried it with a tower, but I did try with artillery, and they will not move through the gap, in either direction.

As to the sap taking out enemy, I had that happen the very first time I used a sap. An enemy unit was marching across the wall section when it started going down, taking about half the unit with it. I was laughing for about 5 minutes.

[Mikeus Caesar]

The only problem with people falling in the hole when you've sapped the wall is that they do a road-runner, and walk in thin air for a second or two, before remembering that the laws of physics command them to fall to their deaths.