Balista is too OP

[Uragan008]

I don't know why anyone brought this question, but Balista is soo overpowered. I am tired of fighting with army of more than thousand men and be wrecked by Balista. Also, Balista is totally useless against walls! What a ♥♥♥♥! Isn't supposed to be artilery good agaist walls, and not wrecking soldiers? Also, Balista makes all artillery obsolete, because cannons don't do any damage and are pointless. Please for a love of god, nerf Balista!
#NerfBalista
#BuffCannons

[Ctesiphon]

No developer is making any changes to this game anymore. According to them they already lost the source code, lol. Get some mods instead which fixes the games problems. For my solution I removed all siege weapon so I would no longer have to fight petty siege machines that always occupies space in AI armies on the field. Makes them just a bit more challenging too.

Ballista, catapults, and other siege engines do not destroy walls in real life. They suppress defenders from attacking the men trying to scale or destroy the foundation of the walls.

[Bazookah]

Originally posted by Ctesiphon:

According to them they already lost the source code, lol.

I try to believe

on topic: send some cavalry to kill them.
Personally, I never used any ballista because its too slow and I need to conquer the whole world.

the few times I tried it, ballista was too slow at killing the towers. if you are patient enough you might be able to kill all towers and then assault with ladders but meh.

I have to disagree with you though: if ballista is for walls, then what is catapult for? Ballista should be good vs soldiers.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Ctesiphon:

No developer is making any changes to this game anymore. According to them they already lost the source code, lol. Get some mods instead which fixes the games problems. For my solution I removed all siege weapon so I would no longer have to fight petty siege machines that always occupies space in AI armies on the field. Makes them just a bit more challenging too.

Ballista, catapults, and other siege engines do not destroy walls in real life. They suppress defenders from attacking the men trying to scale or destroy the foundation of the walls.

Trebuchets on the other hand...

Like the Warwolf built by Edward I of England during the Siege of Sterling Castle. It could throw stones weighing more than 135 kilos (300lb) which demolished a section of the curtain wall.

[Uragan008]

Originally posted by Bazookah:

On topic: send some cavalry to kill them.

Have you even try it? The problem with that is that Balista fires too damn fast, so it will destroy your cavalry before they even get there. And even if they got there, they would be absolutely wrecked by the Balista's operators. After all, peasants are the best infantry in the game.

[𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀]

Originally posted by Uragan008:

Originally posted by Bazookah:

On topic: send some cavalry to kill them.

Have you even try it? The problem with that is that Balista fires too damn fast, so it will destroy your cavalry before they even get there. And even if they got there, they would be absolutely wrecked by the Balista's operators. After all, peasants are the best infantry in the game.

Never had a problem with it. Rushing ballistas is easy.

[Uragan008]

Originally posted by 𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀:

Never had a problem with it. Rushing ballistas is easy.

What? Rushing Balistas is easy? Hahahahahahah, no. It is hard as ♥♥♥♥. You will probably lose your cavalry if you charge a single Balista. Only change to destroy Balista is with the most awesome and overal best infantry in a game: Peasants. Otherwise, if enemy brings Balista, you lose. You just lose. There's nothing that you could do. And that's why Balista should be nerfed into a ground.
#NerfBalistaRightNowOrWeWillRiot

[Red Spot]

Originally posted by 𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀:

Originally posted by Uragan008:

Have you even try it? The problem with that is that Balista fires too damn fast, so it will destroy your cavalry before they even get there. And even if they got there, they would be absolutely wrecked by the Balista's operators. After all, peasants are the best infantry in the game.

Never had a problem with it. Rushing ballistas is easy.

^That.

[Gigantus]

Not sure what the OP's issue is with walls - when was there ever a time when a ballista was used against walls? It's a pure anti personnel weapon - as is witnessed by him getting annihilated by them.

And like all barely movable equipment it can be overrun, preferably by light, fast cavalry.

[Red Spot]

Wanted to reply with 'read the unit card', but that felt too obvious .......

[Pandoran]

sounds like someone doesn't know how to use cav

[Uragan008]

Originally posted by Blindoran:

sounds like someone doesn't know how to use cav

Have you even played this game for more than ten minutes? Cavalery is USELESS against Balista, because it will die before they can even reach Balista! The Medival community is terrible, they play this game for less than ten minutes and think that they know everything. I have thousands upon thousands of hours on Medival, I played for nearly 25 years and I never finished it because all my armies were wrecked by Balistas. So play the game first, then write on forums!
#BuffCaveleryToWreckBalista

[Bazookah]

Originally posted by Uragan008:

Originally posted by Bazookah:

On topic: send some cavalry to kill them.

Have you even try it? The problem with that is that Balista fires too damn fast,

Yes I have.
I lost 6 Light cavs and 2 heavy fued knights.
but that was 5 cavs vs 3 ballistas, and they had no army to back them up LOL.
but I always send some cavs for ballista yes.

HOWEVER, I played only on hard, not very hard. Its my first playthrough so there might be another optimum strategy.

Originally posted by 𝔗𝔢𝔞 ❀:

Never had a problem with it. Rushing ballistas is easy.

what if they had spear ment to protect them?

Originally posted by Gigantus:

It's a pure anti personnel weapon

you mean it kills leader always? my leader died from catapult rock.

Originally posted by Blindoran:

sounds like someone doesn't know how to use cav

me too.

Originally posted by Uragan008:

#NerfBalistaRightNowOrWeWillRiot

unliss you are sacked or exterminated by a dreadlord xD

[Osttruppen]

On a slightly related note, what is better? Using flaming or normal balistae?

[Gigantus]

Normal is more accurate, flaming is for elephants - one shot and they go mental.

Cavalery is USELESS against Balista, because it will die before they can even reach Balista

Who in their right mind charges them head on? They are behind enemy lines so you have to go around anyhow....

you mean it kills leader always? my leader died from catapult rock.

If the other side has a siege engine in a battle then never leave your leader stationary - odds are he will be targeted.

[Bazookah]

How should I use ballista? I tried attacking from High ground and my ballista misses. the enemy ballista from low ground hits me though. that was weird.

also, during siege, if I already broke the wall, I tried bringing ballista but I killed 6 spear men in friendly fire. seems like ballista is useless inside settlements.

so, is the use of ballista in normal battles similar to the use of archers in terms of friendly fire? If I target further enemies which are not in contact with mine would that not hit my units?

is there a way to count friendly fire losses?
Edit: it is actually not that useful even in siege because the damage is very low. Catapults are much better.
sometimes ballista damage on wal is just 1% LOL
also, in difficult terrain, sometimes I cant even damage walls unliss I come close. However, if I come close AI will bring his units and my ballista will die to arrows. so it is better to just use rams, ladders, and siege towers tbh.