I have had some great seige battles thus far:

The first was when I was under the misconception this was RTW and went in with a piecemeal force of infantry and cav gainst a moderate city (wood wall)

my ram turned into a bag of poo 100m from the gate - my towers and ladders were expected and the welcoming parties chewed my early spearmen like tobaccy

my gen watched the whole fiasco unfold unable to render any assistance and as the last of his men fled - he waved at their commander who said "thankyou come again"

my 1st question "the seige towers dont fire at will anymore?"

The next seige was Dijon held by me being attacked by a superior Milanese force

I tried to hold at the gate, the wall. They had a tower a ram and a ladder

my first observation was despite my 2 divisions of flaming archers their ram was successfull maybe they were dousing it with water somehow

my second was thier ladder men ran to my walls at full pelt - i held them at the ladder but was losing at the tower - when they stormed the gate they ran up into the gatehouse and took it then attacked the rear of my men losing ao the tower - masterful

I retreated with my gen some mailed cav and what archers I had left to the town centre

they came in piece meal luckily for me or i was finished

here i finally mastered the heavy cav charge - and whilst weakend by arrows my general smashed and ran over each unit that came calling - until by a miracle we had won the day

playing M/M

loving it