Attacking Walls

**pevergreen** · 12-30-2006, 14:32

I presume this is M2TW

Once you take the walls, move the soldiers down onto the ground, clearing away any nearby enemies. Once thats done, to triple check, move a unit from inside to outside.

(that works even if the gate isnt yours, and it captures it in the process)

**andrewmuir** · 12-30-2006, 16:32

Originally Posted by pevergreen

I presume this is M2TW

Once you take the walls, move the soldiers down onto the ground, clearing away any nearby enemies. Once thats done, to triple check, move a unit from inside to outside.

(that works even if the gate isnt yours, and it captures it in the process)

RTW/BI actually but I+ll give it a try.

Thanks

Andrew

**x-dANGEr** · 12-30-2006, 21:07

You can either build sap points, or just generally get more infantry. Or, buy artillery.

**andrewmuir** · 12-30-2006, 22:50

Originally Posted by x-dANGEr

You can either build sap points, or just generally get more infantry. Or, buy artillery.

Finally I let the computer do it and we won. What`s a sap? Is this a tunnel? I have no artilllery as we are waiting for the Chinese to invent gunpowder.

**sapi** · 12-31-2006, 03:36

A sap point is one of the pieces of siege equipment you can build - basically you send an infantry unit into it and they undermine the wall (in complete safety) and it eventually collapses.

They were removed in m2tw, probably because they were almost impossible to defend against.

**andrewmuir** · 12-31-2006, 13:26

Originally Posted by sapi

A sap point is one of the pieces of siege equipment you can build - basically you send an infantry unit into it and they undermine the wall (in complete safety) and it eventually collapses.

They were removed in m2tw, probably because they were almost impossible to defend against.

Thanks. Useful info. When I finally got to Rome there was noone there - probably all away fighting wars. I enslaved the 88 occupants and that was that, Now to Invasio Barbarorum when hopefully the Goths will have taken Rome and there might be a bit of a fight.

Andrew

**Poulp'** · 01-02-2007, 23:49

Originally Posted by sapi

A sap point is one of the pieces of siege equipment you can build - basically you send an infantry unit into it and they undermine the wall (in complete safety) and it eventually collapses.

They were removed in m2tw, probably because they were almost impossible to defend against.

Apparently, you can; since sap points have a life jauge like rams and towers, they can be destroyed. What it takes to bring them down is another story...

More importantly, if you're playing a barbarian faction, remember that most barbarian infantry units can't sap - with the exception of barbarian peasants.