News: Presentation of feature in 1.34: Extra ladders and 'open' sieges

[Adorno]

A simple new feature, but a feature none the less.
There are still native scenes in the mod, even though I strive to eradicate them 
and they have been modified - You want it. I obey!


More ladders and 'open' town sieges

Extra Ladders

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'Open' sieges
- spikes have been removed, and besiegers spawn further away.
I find it more epic to rush to the walls, rather than spawning next to them with no chance to set up your troops before being bombarded with missiles.

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[Howitzer]

Awesome! I always wondered why they'd put spikes in the besieging scenes. It also really helps to be able to choose where you can gather your men before they charge.

You guys are doing great!

 

[NalgaSucia]

ty guys again

 

[KidStein]

Is the Open Sieges an option we turn on and off?

 

[Adorno]

Is the Open Sieges an option we turn on and off?

No. But nothing is changed to the siege as such.
It was mostly to prevent the everlasting "troops getting stuck" bug. 

 

[Vympel]

Can we have more then 2 ladders ? and maybe have them located at greater distance from each other?

Thank you much.

 

[Adorno]

I could make 30 ladders, but the AI is scripted to defend one place, and one place only;
so already with 2 ladders it's much easier to besiege a place.
I want to keep it relatively balanced, so it's still an advantage to be inside the walls.

 

[Thorgil]

maybe sieges get more challenging by the solution to make elite troops much more rare.
We discussed that some weeks ago and brytenwalda team said it will be implemented in 1.34, so that you need much more time and money to upgrade your troops.
if you dont have that heavy troops, it should get harder to take a wall anyway respectively you are more careful not to loose the good troops you collected over weeks (in-game time).

but above from that, i would love to have more spots at greater distance to attack too. would it be possible to script the AI in a way that makes it able to defend more places?

in every case this whole thing about taking walls must be well evaluated. up to now i think it was WAY too easy to take a wall (if you have good troops in your party) - or to defend. with 50 elite warriors it was possible to defend against a 300-400 peasant army.

 

[Kmotr]

With 50 elite warriors it was possible to defend against a 300-400 peasant army.

That was common in that times i think..