Trouble with Sieging

**Sekminara** · 01-09-2007, 23:49

i'm not really sure why this happens, at first i thought it was because i didnt have any siege equipment left but, in my last siege on caen i had two siege towers a battering ram and a catapult left. Anyway what happens is that i'll start the siege and eveythings going ok but then suddenly it'll say i lost the battle and when it goes back to the strategic map any family members involved in the siege die...is it assassination? i didnt think it was that because i didnt think assassinations effected battles but...atm i'm just confused, 50% of my sieges are now ending up like this..

**Sensei Warrior** · 01-10-2007, 06:59

I wish I could help you out, but it looks like your not playing MTW and its the only one I know.

Welcome to the community and May The Org Be With You.

**naut** · 01-10-2007, 10:52

Nevermind.

**MSB** · 01-10-2007, 13:47

What game do you have and what is it patched to?

**Sekminara** · 01-10-2007, 14:03

medieval 2 total war with the newest patch...and i just played the historical battle where your the spanish vsing the moors and sieging their castle...i sent my knights (think the dismounted chivalric ones) into the breach and all of a sudden it said i'd been defeated, i only had casualties in two units...

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 01-10-2007, 14:07

Originally Posted by Sekminara

medieval 2 total war with the newest patch...and i just played the historical battle where your the spanish vsing the moors and sieging their castle...i sent my knights (think the dismounted chivalric ones) into the breach and all of a sudden it said i'd been defeated, i only had casualties in two units...

Did you run out of time?

The results you describe parallel those I've achieved when I "lost by the clock" -- since its easier to lose track in a siege assault then elsewhere.

If not, then it sounds like a little bug that CA needs to squash.

**Sekminara** · 01-10-2007, 23:48

might be...i'll check again this weekend i'll check and see if thats the case...but if it is why would my generals be dieing off?

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 01-11-2007, 21:02

If you lose "to the clock" the AI determines randomly the severity of your casualties incurred during the retreat from battle. It has been my experience in RTW that a total wipeout of all forces is somewhat MORE likely in this instance than during an all-routed field battle defeat.