What is your preferred land artillery?

[ArchonOfJustice]

What artillery do you put in your armies? Scorpion, ballista, giant ballista, or none?

[Kreud]

Top 5 siege weapons(my opinion):

1)Heavy Greek onager

2)giant ballista

3)scorpion

4)normal onager

5)ballista

[Rabidnid]

Never use them. I did once or twice and the AI has no clue. Its like stomping baby chics - as someone said recently.

[RyBo]

I use only one type for these reasons.

1. It can move.

2. Explosive rounds for troops.

3. Launches large single rocks for walls/towers/doors.

4. Not too big to cause formation problems.





Standard Ballista.



Can't figure out the use for high tier seige crap cause 2 units of first gen ballistas will take down all the walls on one side of a city in 5mins....

[alexraoul]

Originally posted by EPDRyBo:

I use only one type for these reasons.

1. It can move.

2. Explosive rounds for troops.

3. Launches large single rocks for walls/towers/doors.

4. Not too big to cause formation problems.

Standard Ballista.

Can't figure out the use for high tier seige crap cause 2 units of first gen ballistas will take down all the walls on one side of a city in 5mins....

Completely agree. Onagers are useless in field battles, scorpions are useless in sieges, and giant ballistas can't move which makes them useless half the time.

[cD|Kennyg]

Originally posted by alexraoul:

Originally posted by EPDRyBo:

I use only one type for these reasons.

1. It can move.

2. Explosive rounds for troops.

3. Launches large single rocks for walls/towers/doors.

4. Not too big to cause formation problems.

Standard Ballista.

Can't figure out the use for high tier seige crap cause 2 units of first gen ballistas will take down all the walls on one side of a city in 5mins....

Completely agree. Onagers are useless in field battles, scorpions are useless in sieges, and giant ballistas can't move which makes them useless half the time.

Onagers have more range than Ballista's so they can be used to smash an enemies ballista before it gets within range of your infantry lines.

[alexraoul]

Originally posted by cD|Kennyg:

Onagers have more range than Ballista's so they can be used to smash an enemies ballista before it gets within range of your infantry lines.

That's great, but if I'm going to use up space in an army I would rather it be something that can do more then destroy enemy artillery in the field.

[Aitoskr]

I dont exactly like artillery, but when I have to use them I use the Onager, Heavy onager.

[The Gerbil]

I'm all about the regular ballista. Mobility is important for me, and I like the accuracy of ballistas over onagers. Scorpions aren't bad, but I prefer the superior range of ballistas.

[Pumis]

After unit testing, I prefer artilleries. I were very disapointed how bad they were in shogun 2 (mostly used european canons to assasinate generals), but now you can use them on field battles. Heavy greek onagers and scorpions are my favorites.

[cD|Kennyg]

Originally posted by alexraoul:

Originally posted by cD|Kennyg:

Onagers have more range than Ballista's so they can be used to smash an enemies ballista before it gets within range of your infantry lines.

That's great, but if I'm going to use up space in an army I would rather it be something that can do more then destroy enemy artillery in the field.

Psh like that extra slot really does anything. All you need is like 10 stacks of heavy infantry and some cav and you can pretty much beat anyone assuming they don't have more heavy infantry than you. Maybe throw in some archers for good measure but thats it really.

[Fred]

I will not tell you. Its a secret squirriel thing/Shai-Hulud thing. I would have to troll ,flame, and then just say horrible things in your general direction for all eternity. The release of this information could be the undoing of all mankind. My friends read this forum and it could be my downfall.

[Syrealle]

Originally posted by anton_mandrake:

I will not tell you. Its a secret squirriel thing/Shai-Hulud thing. I would have to troll ,flame, and then just say horrible things in your general direction for all eternity. The release of this information could be the undoing of all mankind. My friends read this forum and it could be my downfall.

Pfft....
Like YOU have friends... whateva

[Marbatico]

normal ballista. it gives me something to kill the enemy general/dstroy walls, and i can use my turns te research other more important stuff

[bugrilyus]

10 armoured legionaries 6 praetorian cavalry 1 legatus 3 heavy onager and you will make the world kneel before you.

[bbolto]

How did you even necro this thread? Anyway there's really not much functional difference in the current game between ballistas, onagers, and heavy onagers (the last is obviously faster at dealing with walls). Giant ballistas don't move which can be a problem. Scorpions can be decent but don't fill the same role.