v 1.2 Macedonian Peltastai (Elite): assault role must be a joke, right?

[Tellos Athenaios]

The description of these suggests they excel at killing opponents on city walls with their javelins. That must be a joke... At best, they are able to get a couple kills by throwing javelins up onto the walls (from a close range), missing most. I think, the game mechanics simply does not allow to use missiles for such a role.

They excel in assault where their javelins can scatter defenders from breaches in defenses made by your siege engines.

(Emphasis added.)

So far I don't see any proposition of them throwing anything up, or onto anything else?