Archers acting like infentry on sieges

[Funnect]

why do my archers act like infentry when i am doing a siege ? they are under the command of an archer and they walk with the infentry they do not shoot arrows and they wont take coffer so they basicly die and do nothing so i get steem rolled and can't do any siege

[Necroscourge]

I too have noticed that archers do not perform very intelligently in sieges. They sprint as fast as they can to the walls, fire for a little bit, and then climb ladders.

How I want them to behave is to get into firing positions and barrage to the best of their ability like they did in Warband. Once a guy can climb the ladder and not get instantly stabbed to death, they should be flagged to climb up and keep shooting.

[Free Luigi M.]

Mmh, can't say I have this problem.
My archers usually take cover behind the wooden barricades, snipe enemies on walls and only move in when there is nobody left to shoot.

[Funnect]

Originally posted by Necroscourge:

I too have noticed that archers do not perform very intelligently in sieges. They sprint as fast as they can to the walls, fire for a little bit, and then climb ladders.

How I want them to behave is to get into firing positions and barrage to the best of their ability like they did in Warband. Once a guy can climb the ladder and not get instantly stabbed to death, they should be flagged to climb up and keep shooting.

before the last update they where like snipers but after the update they are more like chickens without a head

[Funnect]

Originally posted by Joe Chip:

Mmh, can't say I have this problem.
My archers usually take cover behind the wooden barricades, snipe enemies on walls and only move in when there is nobody left to shoot.

before the last update they where indeed doing there job wel but after the last update they got stupid and acting like infentry specialy when i got those battle towers

[Seb00r]

my troops dont even bother listening to me during a siege as defenders. some infantry will do what i command them, archers on the otherhand do stuff on their own, they ignore me totally, its really frustratin because one could set up perfect traps inside his own keep but with this ai doing what they want, ill lose every siege, no matter how big my garrison is.

[Red Swiss]

My archers follow the infantry when walls are clean and take positions on the walls to shoot at the ennemies still alive in the city/castle.

But I noticed that if you really like infantry during your assault they will act like it.

Seb, if your want a direct control select one of the formation and use F6 to disable Sergent automatic actions.

[Funnect]

i have noticed that it depends on the type of troop you have, i tested it out with empire troop's and indeed they sniped from the hiding spot and stayed in the back. then i got troops from an other faction and some bandid archers and they charged with the infentry.

[Free Luigi M.]

I did a couple of sieges with Vlandian crossbowmen and they act correctly.

[titanopteryx]

Don't imperial archers have good armor? Or the higher tiers of them. Might be best to use them so your archers have some armor at least.