To siege or besiege?

[Saber Cherry]

Or wait until the defenders starve to death=) Unless you're up against Ermor...

[tka]

Originally posted by General Tacticus:


Basically, your nice SCs are worth perhaps 5 militias each when it comes to breaching the walls, not enough to do it. They just don't have the numbers to do it.

AFAIK strenght and ability to fly gives sieging bonuses. So those SCs are worth much more than just 5 militias. Think about Jotun trying to siege castle defended by 300 militias...

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin...;f=74;t=000812

[ January 08, 2004, 10:39: Message edited by: Morag ]

[General Tacticus]

I meant to say, 5 militias each

[tka]

Originally posted by General Tacticus:
I meant to say, 5 militias each

oops!

[Taqwus]

There are a few Earth spells relating to sieges. One of 'em, if memory serves, does huge amounts of damage to the castle and the resulting collapse can hurt the troops inside, too. Another note -- while assassins can't get inside the castle during the siege, assorted assasination spells can like Seeking Arrow and Earth Attack.
But yeah, bringing more troops will help. They don't even have to be living, thinking troops.

[aldin]

Your force looks plenty tough to me (what do I know?), but you're up against ULM for goodness sake! Preach him out!

~Aldin

[Johan K]

I am hijacking and abusing JK's account and good name here. Siege ability is something like ((siegers strength)²/100)+(bonuses(1 for flying, 1 for city guards etc IIRC))

Johan O

[ January 08, 2004, 17:23: Message edited by: Johan K ]