Burning siege eqip. almost impossible (for me)

[baron_Leo]

Interesting...I have played about 5 campaigns by now, and never seen the ladder problem. Actually I've never seen the AI using battle towers or anything...okay the reason for this is that ia always sally out, and kill 'em when they attack me. It always workes for me:-)

[Scotsmanforlife]

Have to agree with the op, i hardly ever get anything to burn. Once in awhile i get a battering ram to go up but that's about it.

[Daveybaby]

I'm of the opinion that flaming arrows from your archers (and presumably the AI's as well, though i've never seen them fire them at your siege equipment) do nothing to siege towers / rams. I think the only stuff that can actually set fire to them is arrows the your city/castle towers.

Having said that, i dont think the AI has much of an advantage that i've noticed. I've rarely had more than one tower or ram set afire. The only time i've found it really annoying is when trying to break down the gates for the inner walls of a castle. Quite often your rams or catapults have to negociate long streets within firing range of the inner walls, and as a result they tend to come a cropper a lot more often.

[Neoncat]

If you want to see ladder bug, sally out with one unit and attack their ram with it. If you can reach their ram, they will be clueless and they just try to use whatever is on the walls. However they will use the ram after they have only few men left. And I must warn you that ladder bug will render your battle unplayable, if enemy has enough men.

[Snite]

Or how about when rams spookily go right through each other. Nevermind that they abandoned one at the gate, they just move another up and it tranposes(heh, probably misused that word) itself over the old.

Eerie.


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