Assaulting Cities in BI...

[Dagobert II]

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]

well if you have the time , you could reinstall.

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

[SpencerH]

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]

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

[symball]

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]

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.