Why is there no artillery in this game?

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Don't get me wrong. I've got plenty weapons that perfectly well fit the definition of artillery in the game and I know it. I've got Jotun hurlers, rock-throwing mages, fire-breathing drakes, and spells that throw bolts of fire at distant commanders.

However, why isn't there any conventional artillery in the game, like ballistae, catapults, trebuchets, etc.?

Artillery could be implemented as regular units and moved around by siege crews. It wouldn't be hard to make graphics for it and it wouldn't be hard to implement the system itself.

I'm not complaining here, and I'm not necessarily asking for it (I've not even gotten the full game yet, so I'm not exactly out of features to explore), I'm just asking why artillery isn't in Dominions II. I did a search for "artillery" and found nothing.

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