Quote Originally Posted by Macilrille View Post
There is a reason siege engines are useless against infantry; because they were. Apart from small field pieces such as the carro-ballistae, etc. How many times can an onager fire Real Life before the infantry charge closes? How many men can a few rocks kill? When did Onagers start to fire napalm? The RTW and MTW II KD's engines as well as Gladiator Movie vastly overestimate the damage and dramatic effects of siege engines/artillery. Because it looks good and is "cool" and all the 14-YO will love it...
I'm not arguing that in EB the artilery isn't like it should be, I'm arguing that i can build 3 Awesome Temples of Jupiter for the Price of a ballista that doesn't do anything. See the irony?