Besieging a Settlement with NO Defenders Is a Thing

[TechnoSarge]

Just FYI -

I reported what I thought was a bug - I had to take a town by siege even though it didn't even have a man to close the gates.* That meant sitting through the whole siege camp setup, remaining vulnerable to wandering armies. I didn't think that was something that should happen. Boy, was I wrong!

I have been informed that this behaviour is intended and not a bug. Marking this thread as solved, thanks for reporting!

Despite my 440 - 0 odds, I lost 11 men. I am the worst army commander ever.

* How did I manage to find a town with no defenders?
I arrived a few seconds too late to defend our town against the enemy. Their siege completed and the town was theirs. I hit their army before they could enter, and I destroyed it. (Maybe I'm not the worst army commander ever, after all!) That left me outside the hostile city with no one yet manning it.

 

[Lord Irontoe]

Yeah, that seems pretty dumb. Its sad that the devs think its fine.

 

[Hans 77]

You lost 11 men? Assaulting an empty settlement?

What, was the only defender the kid from Home Alone or something?

Booby traps maybe? lol

 

[stevehoos]

You lost 11 men? Assaulting an empty settlement?

What, was the only defender the kid from Home Alone or something?

Booby traps maybe? lol

Siege mice. Cheese pitfalls.

 

[froggyluv]

You get that many men together with swords and no one to kill a few are gonna go to pure shenanigans

 

[black_bulldog]

Wow just wow...

 

[Apocal]

You just hit "Lead an Assault" and it insta-wins so it isn't a big deal.

 

[Lesbosisles]

You lost 11 men? Assaulting an empty settlement?

What, was the only defender the kid from Home Alone or something?

Booby traps maybe? lol

Troops slipped and fell when trying to climb up the ladder.

 

[MostBlunted]

You lost 11 men? Assaulting an empty settlement?

What, was the only defender the kid from Home Alone or something?

Booby traps maybe? lol

11 guys just felt down the ladder or from the wall I guess.

 

[Lesbosisles]

11 guys just felt down the ladder or from the wall I guess.

Too bad there are no women in troops. Could've said that some of them died in childbirth during the siege

 

[hruza]

I can't understand the fuss, it's logical. There was no one inside to open you the gate. Hence need to storm it.

 

[Terco_Viejo]

It is absurd and even more absurd to lose troops in the process. A settlement without a garrison to defend it should be automatically occupied by the attacker..

I don't understand the devs' position regarding this...

 

[Gundabad]

I can't understand the fuss, it's logical. There was no one inside to open you the gate. Hence need to storm it.

So someone closed the gate from the inside and then jumped the walls? Fair enough.

 

[hruza]

So someone closed the gate from the inside and then jumped the walls? Fair enough.

No, he was shoot in the head before he could jump.

I don't understand the devs' position regarding this...

You mean that you don't understand why devs won't let players exploit game mechanics?

 

[Ananda_The_Destroyer]

What's funny this is actually a fix for a different problem where you couldn't lay siege to an empty fief (doing exactly what OP described), if you tried you could only enter the normal menu like a neutral fief. You would have to wait for a militia to spawn or such. I think it's an okay fix, I mean someone is in the fief and can close the gates and'create' militia....

You also have to finish building siege camp and attack in they sully out, often causing you to have to fight a few newly spawned militia, or routed militia that healed up. If they sully out after you finish siege camp and you don't let any rout, then you can just attack and auto-win

 

[Julio-Claudian]

Why not just allow towns the option to surrender?

 

[Apocal]

It is absurd and even more absurd to lose troops in the process. A settlement without a garrison to defend it should be automatically occupied by the attacker..

I don't understand the devs' position regarding this...

You don't lose troops storming an empty garrison. The moment you hit "Lead an Assault" it is instantly captured for you.

OP mentioned he killed the enemy army outside that had just captured the settlement, that's where I assume he lost 11 men.

 

[NLCRich]

Dude I saw that post in your thread in technical yesterday. I was like, are you kidding me? This has to be a joke. I almost posted that there as well.

 

[Gundabad]

In Warband you had the ability to negotiate with the defending forces and they would automatically surrender if the garrison was weak enough. Is this option available in Bannerlord?

 

[black_bulldog]

Why not just allow towns the option to surrender?

Stop making sense.