Why do I die???

[Philbert]

I think sapping was overpowered in RTW. I only use siege equipment up to the point where I can build artillery.

Once I have breached the wall the second thing I try to do, after sending my infantry inside and up the walls to conquer the walls, is sending up my crossbowmen onto the walls. Once I have them there the town is lost because I can take all the time I want to prepare my last push to the center square or inner walls, and any sallying by the defender is drowned in my crossbow bolts. That is a good substitute for capturing the towers that basically only fire 1 bolt every 2 seconds.

[anders]

I think sapping was overpowered in RTW. I only use siege equipment up to the point where I can build artillery.

Once I have breached the wall the second thing I try to do, after sending my infantry inside and up the walls to conquer the walls, is sending up my crossbowmen onto the walls. Once I have them there the town is lost because I can take all the time I want to prepare my last push to the center square or inner walls, and any sallying by the defender is drowned in my crossbow bolts. That is a good substitute for capturing the towers that basically only fire 1 bolt every 2 seconds.

Overpowered indeed, not that theres anything wrong in sappers bringing down a wall, but that takes weeks of digging, in RTW a unit could just mole their way right trhow the wall and bring it tumbling down.

[Carl]

The missiles fired from the towers are high attack rating (comparable to crossbows, if I remember correctly), armor piercing, and strike from the side or rear most of the time so you don't get your shield against it.

Actually they're not AP, and whilst they have an attack of 12, tests have shown me anything over 10 produces no kill rate increases. They are also shorter ranged than your average bow.

Likewise the same goes for Ballista and Cannon towers and the Ballista Towers aren't body-piercing either.