Petards

**Caliburn** · 03-16-2007, 10:16

I wonder why they didn't include petards, those explosive devices used to demolish gates and weak points of the wall. I don't think it would've been a balance issue, because random "hoisting by your own petard" as well as fire arrows would've balanced things out. Maybe you could get the use of them by an ancillary from academies or something, so battering rams would still be viable if artillery wasn't available.

I can see a few exploits, though: arming a peasant unit with a petard and sending them to take out some heavy infantry or cavalry even.

**pike master** · 03-16-2007, 14:35

uh peasants can already take down heavy infantry.

**Chosun** · 03-16-2007, 15:07

Especially if the peasants are defending walls during a siege. They pwn just about everything in this situation.

**Xehh II** · 03-16-2007, 15:16

Peasants are useless.

**Chosun** · 03-16-2007, 15:24

Originally Posted by Xehh II

Peasants are useless.

He says as a peasant kicks him off the ladder during a siege!

For whatever reason, intended or unintended, peasants are stronger in MTW2 than in RTW and MTW IMO.

**vonsch** · 03-16-2007, 17:59

Shield bug. Use a fix to tone back peasants.

**Tiberius maximus** · 03-19-2007, 18:47

im familiar with petards! they not only destroyed weak pionts on walls but fanatics carried barrels of gunpowder into fights and BOOM! i forgat where i read this but i thought it would make a killer unit like 5-10 in a unit