Siege Assault Choices

[Gaius Magnus]

There's no question about it, Onagers offer the biggest bang for my buck. Any other method allows far too much opportunity for the enemy to kill my troops. Also, it allows me to immediately assault any city I am attacking. After a a few sieges the Onagers start getting higher into the experience bars and they become truly devastating weapons.

Here is my modus operandi...

Push the Onagers within range of the wall. I take out the towers in the vicinity of the assault. After I have taken out the towers, I start pounding the wall with the onagers to create the necessary number of gaps in the wall. (Usually one or two)

Then I move missile troops (preferably archers and slingers) within firing range of any troops on or near the wall. Then I start decimating those troops with the missile troops.

After sufficient gaps have been created with the Onagers, I use any remaining Onager ammo to target the best enemy troops they can reach. I also allow my missile troops to target enemies through the gaps if they can get a good shot at them.

Then I move my infantry and cavalry to the wall. If I have any infantry capable of missile fire, I move those infantry toward the wall or the gaps in it and allow them hit any enemy retarded enough to linger longer.

After that I have generally caused significant casualties to the enemy and am easily able to destroy them.