City Siege

[AndersSchm]

I am having difficulty with sieges - is there a guide or tips anyone has posted any where?  If I try to fight head on I will die and for some reason that ends the battle.. so I try to jump behind the enemy and then snipe them which works okay until all my guys are dead and they hunt me down.  Do I just need more than 2:1 odds or is there something I am missing???

 

[Dragon13]

high tier non-khergit troops

 

[AndersSchm]

high tier non-khergit troops

All of the lords following me seem to have tons of skirmishers   Is there a way to get them to improve their troops?

 

[bleach3825]

Just move the battle sizer down to about 20 and have some hired blades or something like that with you.

 

[noosers]

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All of the lords following me seem to have tons of skirmishers   Is there a way to get them to improve their troops?
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Well, their troopers will earn XP and finally upgrade - if there´s  a possibility to upgrade to two different troops it will chose randomly. So if your AI soldiers survive enough battles or if the Lord just stays around long enough for his trainer skill to affect his army significantly it is possible to improve them.

Though - as far as I have noticed in native - there´s Lords who focus on missle troops, some on Cav and some on Infantry.

For sieging purposes in general, bring enough heavy Infantry/Cavalry with you. Preferably Units with shields when facing a heap of enemy archers.

Try searching the forum for threads, there´s tons of advice concerning sieging cities around. And pretty good one too

 

[Durandal]

What faction are you, who are you sieging and what city? That might make a difference.

 

[AndersSchm]

I am swadian rebels versus swadian.  I have 50/50 swadian knights and kergit lancers, my allies are swadians.

 

[jasonxfri13th]

I am swadian rebels versus swadian.  I have 50/50 swadian knights and kergit lancers, my allies are swadians.

For sieges I go with 90% archers. If you have more archers than the enemy (and better) you will always win. (and a few knights to clean up the last 20-30 infantry hiding behind the walls)

 

[ddrake]

A tactic that works well for me is using Rodocks Veteran spearmen and crossbowmen (in your case you may prefer swadian crossbowmen and sharpshooters).
Usually in proportion 40% spearmen 60% crossbowmen, with crossbowmen before spearmen in party list.
The spearmen have huge shields that will take a lot of arrows before breaking. Swadian knight aren't so good at this because their shield is smaller.

Form a line of spearmen and make them stand close to each other then make the archers hold ground just behind them. They will be protected by the spearmen and shoot freely over their heads since they are aiming high.
Don't go too close to the castle / town or it will be difficult for them to hit the enemy.

Have them kill as many enemies as possible (and help them in this with your crossbow). Once everyone is out of ammo make the archers charge. Make the spearmen attack too if you have too many of them in the battle. You need most of them to be killed / knocked down so that new archers with ammo will spawn. Once reinforcements arrive recall the attack and form the two lines again.

If you have surgery high enough you will have far less troops killed than the enemy.

If you have top tier troops it may take some assaults but you will break down their defenses.

Remember to bring quite a lot of different food, meat possibly too.

Regards