Assaulting Cities in BI...

**Dagobert II** · 10-18-2005, 16:21

Hey all;

Have you ever noticed that attacking a city in BI
with anything other than a sapper does not allow you
to capture enemy walls? I've tried siege towers and rams,
but they ultimately fail. I think Ive done something wrong.

**Dutch_guy** · 10-18-2005, 17:34

I've been able to capture the walls of an enemy with siege towers ( I do not use ladders ) and also the towers on the walls too.
No problem for me.

By fail do you mean don't make it to the wall, as in burn down before they reach the walls ?

That cna happen , if it does then your just unlucky,especially if a siege tower burns down to the ground.
Rams tend to burn down ( 95% in my games ) when assaulting stone walls or up.

**Dutch_guy** · 10-18-2005, 17:35

Also welcome to the .Org !!!

**ShadesPanther** · 10-18-2005, 17:39

rams never make it to the gate for me with stone walls. I usually build 2 and make the first go ahead and take the damage. Sometimes works. Usually the tower only happens when the archers fire fire at the them (ie. I do it)

**Dagobert II** · 10-18-2005, 19:33

Thanks for your reply folks...

The gist of it is that my assaulting forces will scale the wall,
then go to the gate, and then I would not get the announcement
of capturing the wall... I figured that I'd need a spy, but in all
reality, if my forces make it to the inside of the castle, they
should be able to throw open the gates...

You'd see how frustrating it is when you have a Horde army
trying to capture a Roman city with ALL THAT BOOTY!

**Dutch_guy** · 10-18-2005, 19:36

Originally Posted by Dagobert II

Thanks for your reply folks...

The gist of it is that my assaulting forces will scale the wall,
then go to the gate, and then I would not get the announcement
of capturing the wall... I figured that I'd need a spy,

That is weird , since you really don't need a spy to open a gate for you when you;ve actually scaled the wall... so you cant charge in with some unit's outside the gate ( which you supposed just captured ) ?

**Dagobert II** · 10-18-2005, 20:19

Exactly;

Figured there must be something I need to find out...
Either way, I am sapping from now on... I just can't stomach
the loss of 500 spearmen to one Roman Imperial Cav unit.

Do you think this could be a reinstall??

**Dutch_guy** · 10-18-2005, 21:42

well if you have the time , you could reinstall.

If you want to keep your saves , don't forget to copy them !

**SpencerH** · 10-18-2005, 23:14

My standard strategy with the saxons is to use towers, march down the walls and take the gates with my best troops, then march in the rest via front door.

**Garvanko** · 10-19-2005, 00:34

Sapping is the best way I think, though it can be fun to use seige towers and onagers from time to time.

**symball** · 10-19-2005, 14:27

If You want to open the gates you need to move your men onto the top of the gate rather than onto the ground. if you then move around and capture some of the towers without going down to the ground you can even use the towers against the enemy before you come rushing through the gates.

**Dagobert II** · 10-19-2005, 16:46

Hey, thanks for the idea.
For me, it was a given that if I took
the wall, so came the gate...
I happened to luck out eventually, as
the WRE countered my Plunder of Arles,
they struck a deal to ceasefire if they
handed over Carthago Nova, so I lost
the battle, but won the war. Oh I love
the smell of a Vandal horde in the morning.