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Androgyn Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:11am
How to siege castles properly?
Help a noob out will you? Im only on my first game so i dont really know what im doing but i have gotten the hang of most things, except for sieges, they most often end up with me failing unless im getting help from other lords or the castle doesent have archers/crossbowmen, castles always have more troops then i do aswell so overwhelming them is not an option, nevermind Citys. So what should i do?


Btw im playing as the Sarranid Sultanate and so most of my troops are sarranids ( mostly Mamlukes and Infantry ), also i play on 50% difficulty.

EDIT: Thx for the help yall, you have been really helpfull, i also found out trough my own that you can kinda cheese Knudarr castle by placing all of your units behind a hill where they cant get shot and then kill all the archers yourself by hinding behind some tree and peeking evrey so often to shoot back
Last edited by Androgyn; Mar 31, 2019 @ 12:37am
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Originally posted by ✚ Mariel ✚:
Bring nothing but crossbowmen, siege and resiege until all of the enemy ranged units are down. Then climb to the top of the ladder and shoot all the men inside for a ton of exp. You can order your crossbowmen to hold fire, then shoot the soldiers til you are nearly out of ammo, then go back down, tell your soldiers to open fire, then quickly pop a couple of them in the head and tell them to hold fire again. Then take the ammo from the two of your guys who you shot, get back up the ladder and shoot more dudes.

Only attempt this against factions who's infantry don't carry throwing weapons, so definetly not the nords who will give you a free throwing axe in the nose for trying this cheese lol
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Tacitus Killgore Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:39am 
If you want to use infantry and cavalry you'll have to just outnumber them. If they outnumber you it would be better for you to have an army of all archers. When the siege starts, tell your archers to hold their position and just let them pick off the castle defenders. When they run out of arrows, retreat and then launch another assault and do the same thing. It may take a while chipping away at their defenses but it's the least risky method. Sarranid master archers are pretty good too so you're in luck. In fact, I was a Sarranid lord when I conquered the entire map so it can be done.
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Littlejon_LJ Mar 30, 2019 @ 3:23am 
rhodok crossbows and a norse shield wall worked for me. Have the crossbows pick them off the walls, while your shield men get shot at. retreat when they run out of ammo and start the siege again. Do this until your shield men outnumber them or you are confident enough to take them on.
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Security Cam #7 Mar 30, 2019 @ 6:50am 
Originally posted by Tacitus Killgore:
If you want to use infantry and cavalry you'll have to just outnumber them.
Not really. If you rushed with 500 peasants against 300 soldiers you'd lose anyways. Quality over quantity. 100 nord huscarls can easily take 200 people castles
Last edited by Security Cam #7; Mar 30, 2019 @ 6:50am
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knee gas Mar 30, 2019 @ 7:02am 
best thing to do is to find the smallest castle/fort/port and take that over or set up a campsite and recruit as many troops as possible and go in for the attack. Or u can just do Ctrl H and take the whole thing over urself
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Security Cam #7 Mar 30, 2019 @ 7:40am 
Originally posted by Butcher:
Decrease difficulty to 1/4 for yourself and 1/2 for troops. Get shield and 1h. Run first, jump in and clear infantry blocking entrance.
A terrible way because archers will destroy you from the sides
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SereneK Mar 30, 2019 @ 9:30am 
Originally posted by Smelly Fish:
Originally posted by Butcher:
Decrease difficulty to 1/4 for yourself and 1/2 for troops. Get shield and 1h. Run first, jump in and clear infantry blocking entrance.
A terrible way because archers will destroy you from the sides

With difficulty at 1/4, it is very possible to clear the entrance by leading your infantry charge. Some castles are even high enough for you to leap over their heads and end up behind them after going up the ladder.

As a side note, if you take a bow and arrow and stand on the ramp, you can keep shooting at the infantry standing at the entrance because they will not come out to attack you.
Stand on the ramp and do not go all the way up, otherwise you will catch an arrow or throwing axe in the head.
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Hat8 Mar 30, 2019 @ 10:06am 
Build up a corp of strong heavily armored melee infantry and its easy, even on very hard difficulty.
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Androgyn Mar 30, 2019 @ 10:14am 
Originally posted by Butcher:
Decrease difficulty to 1/4 for yourself and 1/2 for troops. Get shield and 1h. Run first, jump in and clear infantry blocking entrance.
thx for the advice, but, id prefer to not change the difficulty and deal with the problem using in game solutions
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Tacitus Killgore Mar 30, 2019 @ 11:46am 
Originally posted by Smelly Fish:
Originally posted by Tacitus Killgore:
If you want to use infantry and cavalry you'll have to just outnumber them.
Not really. If you rushed with 500 peasants against 300 soldiers you'd lose anyways. Quality over quantity. 100 nord huscarls can easily take 200 people castles

He said he was using Sarranid soldiers. Huscarls are not Sarranids.
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Security Cam #7 Mar 30, 2019 @ 1:22pm 
Originally posted by Tacitus Killgore:
Originally posted by Smelly Fish:
Not really. If you rushed with 500 peasants against 300 soldiers you'd lose anyways. Quality over quantity. 100 nord huscarls can easily take 200 people castles

He said he was using Sarranid soldiers. Huscarls are not Sarranids.
He added that info to his comment 3 hours ago. I posted my comment 5 hours ago. Still, even at 50% difficulty a combination of mamlukes and master archers will suffice.
Last edited by Security Cam #7; Mar 30, 2019 @ 1:23pm
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Tacitus Killgore Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:03pm 
Originally posted by Smelly Fish:
Originally posted by Tacitus Killgore:

He said he was using Sarranid soldiers. Huscarls are not Sarranids.
He added that info to his comment 3 hours ago. I posted my comment 5 hours ago. Still, even at 50% difficulty a combination of mamlukes and master archers will suffice.

He said that when he first made the post 11 hours ago, I was the first comment. Notice how I mentioned Sarranids in my comment?
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Androgyn Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:29pm 
Yep i said that in my original post, i only edited for a gramatical mistake
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Miles Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:33pm 
I attack towns with 2x my troop, just have better trained troops than those in the castle or town otherwise early on it's a pain in the ass to do and you always end up losing without the support of the A.I you'll get there one day bud! Just keep trying!
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Light Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:37pm 
I need help in this too... But the problem is that im playing in 149% difficulty and i can't siege ANY castle without other lords helping me.

Im conquering castles not by fight, but with Persuasion skill, convencing lords to come by my side. Then, their castles come to me with them (lol) - Because it's so hard to siege x_x .
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Security Cam #7 Mar 30, 2019 @ 2:57pm 
Originally posted by Tacitus Killgore:
Originally posted by Smelly Fish:
He added that info to his comment 3 hours ago. I posted my comment 5 hours ago. Still, even at 50% difficulty a combination of mamlukes and master archers will suffice.

He said that when he first made the post 11 hours ago, I was the first comment. Notice how I mentioned Sarranids in my comment?
Ok then. Sorry, didn't notice
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