Quote Originally Posted by John_Longarrow
During a siege when playing single person, having multiple ladders can be extremely useful. I have gotten into the habit of attacking any castle or city from all sides at once and it seems the AI is not good at dealing with this tactic.

I will normally use one or two infantry units to do scaling per side and I normally have missile troops to back them up. The AI will generally concentrate on stopping one attack and allow the others to get in. This tends to cause the AI to retreat (if possible) to the center while allowing me to get the rest of my army inside to attack with. Then I can surround the AI’s troops and move in for the kill.

As a corollary to this. Ever been annoyed because your ram has got fried?. Attacking with ladders the walls on the other sides of a settlement will mean the ai may not have enough troops or will take away garrisoning troops from where you intend to attack with your ram, hence your ram can walk up unopposed and take the gate. Just make sure they have left before your send your ram