Artilery usage

[Alpedar]

I tried balista in sally battle (so stupid AI stood there and get shot). And i was impressed by its performance.
During this battle ballista (no experience at begining) killed 165 men, gained 2 chevron (and lost 3 to some cav charge).

When I shot from left flank to enemy army, almost every shot (two per salvo) killed around 4 (sometimes it looked like 8) men.

Its main disadvantage over gunpowder is range. But gunpowder arty can shoot from much higher range, baliste can much better hit.

edit: Another battle and around 220 killed