Losing battle when catapults are out of ammo

[baron_Leo]

Hi there! I don't know if this has already been said, but I just found a quite weird bug or something. I was besieging a french castle, wit far superior troops and had 2 catapults. First I "opened" the gate, then tried to put down the wall next to the gate, because there were some archers sitting on it. When my second catapult ran out of ammo, I got the close defeat message. The gate was already open, so I don't know why...I've tried it again. Yeah it happens again.

[Snoil The Mighty]

Must've been a fortress or Citadel I am guessing with another wall to break through. If you run out of arty ammo and have no siege gadgets and they still have a wall up, battle over.

[baron_Leo]

Yeah, you are right, it is a citadel. But it is stupid, as you do not need to break the second and third wall, as you can enter them from the first one.

[sapi]

This has been discussed many, many times.

It's a feature, as has been said, and more importantly, not all designs of citadels actually have linked walls (i recall this coming up in another thread on the issue).

I suggest you do a search for more information, though i'll keep this thread open in case you have any other issues.

[Pahoo]

Not sure how you are gonna enter the 2nd or 3rd ring wall that way. I just keep a battering ram outside... usually I can bait the AI into sallying out of the last keep and then following him through the gate when he routs to get into the last stronghold. Sometimes just wheeling the ram near the last gate will encourage them to come out... I don't know why they do it.

[baron_Leo]

Thx sapi, you can close the thread if it has been discussed. I didn't do a search, my bad.