Siege AI awefully stupid

[jorvinn]

I´m watching my tier 5 troops flocking to the ladders to get killed off one by one.. which would be somewhat more acceptable _if I had not already broken down both frigging gates_ leading into the Town. They could zerg in there and own those Tier 1-2 Aserites.. but no.. no no no.. suicide by bad pathing code it shall be.

Tsk tsk tsk..

[Urmel]

why you dont destroy both walls, before you attack? most player build 4 triboke and take them in reserve, to avoid any dmg and use all 4 together to destroy siege units and walls.

if your troops wouldnt use the ladders, there would be 3 X more units at the main-gate, cawse why defending both walls, if they are not attacked?

take the time that is needed to prepare a good attack on a good defended castle/town, to avoid loosing much troops. (or accept the heavy losses)

[Ruffio]

knock down the walls and walk in. Through the gate they can drop stones on your head. Maybe why they went for the ladders... -)

[jorvinn]

Originally posted by Urmel:

why you dont destroy both walls, before you attack? most player build 4 triboke and take them in reserve, to avoid any dmg and use all 4 together to destroy siege units and walls.

if your troops wouldnt use the ladders, there would be 3 X more units at the main-gate, cawse why defending both walls, if they are not attacked?

take the time that is needed to prepare a good attack on a good defended castle/town, to avoid loosing much troops. (or accept the heavy losses)

I would have.. but I would have had to fight two incoming armies first.. so I only had time to knock out their onagers and building a siege ram before it was too late.

But that pathing issue caused _huge_ unnecessary losses.

[Ruffio]

Originally posted by jorvinn:

Originally posted by Urmel:

why you dont destroy both walls, before you attack? most player build 4 triboke and take them in reserve, to avoid any dmg and use all 4 together to destroy siege units and walls.

if your troops wouldnt use the ladders, there would be 3 X more units at the main-gate, cawse why defending both walls, if they are not attacked?

take the time that is needed to prepare a good attack on a good defended castle/town, to avoid loosing much troops. (or accept the heavy losses)

I would have.. but I would have had to fight two incoming armies first.. so I only had time to knock out their onagers and building a siege ram before it was too late.

But that pathing issue caused _huge_ unnecessary losses.

Afaik if there is a siege ram deployed they wont be interested in the ladders. If you go raise a ladder yourself, they should use it though.

[Pagan Oak]

Brother you can command them,dont just use F1-F3,you can place them in the gate and beyond and they'll fight,they wont just stand there.

[Restaldt]

Originally posted by Pagan Oak:

Brother you can command them,dont just use F1-F3,you can place them in the gate and beyond and they'll fight,they wont just stand there.

This.

8 f1 f2

[jorvinn]

Originally posted by Pagan Oak:

Brother you can command them,dont just use F1-F3,you can place them in the gate and beyond and they'll fight,they wont just stand there.

Kinda hard to do when you´re lying on the ground unconscious.. I wouldn´t have seen this happening if I had not been in spectator mode.