defender siege

After playing in the new 1.1.3 Sieges are not the same, The garrisons are basically useless as im seeing the best of cities from the Start get taken out, Within the first 4 days Vlandia takes out Maranauth with 500 defenders vs 700 man army, Today i seen the north with 1100 troops start sieging...

Has anybody managed to ever get into a siege defence? I haven't played in a proper one in 200h of gameplay, it's far more rewarding to just let them lose troops in autocalc and attack the AI once it's done destroying the militia+garrison or joining a not so realistic field battle with the...

This happened yesterday but I forgot to upload it. I had this happen when I was defending in a siege, and all the attackers' cav? nobles? came through with their horses. Even after the rider died, if I hit fast-forward after getting downed, the horses would climb the ladders. Also I don't have a...