Regarding Units defending against a Siege ...

Norfleet · #1 April 12th, 2004, 02:48 AM

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Originally posted by Teraswaerto:
Do all units that are not mindless and do not have a castle defense bonus defend equally well? Do things like size, strength or moral have an effect?

I think that this is the case. Ability to fly may be a bonus in castle sieges, but that could just be flavor text.

Units that are besieging a castle, however, are worth varying amounts depending on size, strength, siege bonus, and ability to fly. Mindlessness is not a drawback when sieging the castle.

Graeme Dice · #2 April 12th, 2004, 02:59 AM

The formula for sieging ability, which applies to both the defenders and the attackers, is:

((siegers strength)�/100)+(bonuses(1 for flying, 1 for city guards etc IIRC))

If defending, mindless units have their value divided by 10. If attacking, they have their standard value.

For non-mindless units, the difference is that some units have superior defense ability, while some have superior siege ability.

It was outlined quite some time ago in this thread.