Siege Assault -- Staffing a Forlorn Hope

[Celt Centurion]

When I first lay a siege, the first piece of siege equipment I que up is a sapping point, simply in case every tower gets destroyed and I still have a large army. Then I que up a line of siege towers, the most I've ever had being seventeen. Believe me, that will spread out the defenders and you can be sure that most of them will get through.

I prefer to not use the sapping point as the breach also allows enemy reinforcements a way in as well. On the other hand, I use as many towers as I can. While I have used enemy siege towers to re-enter my walls, the AI seems not to have caught on to trying that yet.

The idea of multiple sapping points has not occurred to me until now, but then that becomes added expense of repairing the wall after the city is taken. I have tried using artillery to pound on defenders but the results seem to have been minimal. I might try that later this evening.

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion

[Hound of Ulster]

it's interesting that somebody mentioned the infantry issues of Persia in Rome and BI. My tricks have included chasing enemy forces into the vicinty of the city I wish to take (the ERE falls for this trick all the time in BI) or using spies to undermine the city's loyalty or break the gates open. (Used with devastating effect against the Seluekids in SPQR) I never include infantry in my field armies with either Persian faction. The Persian infantry are good for garrison duty however.