Siege machinery

[sektor666]

I think the battles could be more fun, especially the large ones (>70), if we could use siege weapons in them (not necessarily for city sieges). Like being able to fire a ballista at a charging cavalary group or scattering archer clusters with a catapult, I think that'd be pretty cool.

 

[Lost-Lamb]

And how do you imagine your troops would lug them around and have time to set them up?

 

[dirtbag]

actually, in this kind of small scale battles this kind of weapons would stop the army more than help...

 

[sektor666]

Well about the lugging around part - i don't think it'd take more than 4-5 people to push a ballista around and reload it, would it?

And about the small-scale battles - well... I actually meant it for the bigger battles, with at least 20 fighters on each side at a time.

 

[luigi]

this idea is interesting as soon as there will be tactics and regiment movement added in the game because for now shooting a big balista's bolt to a fast moving knight isn't a good idea.
you'll loose too much of your precious warriors' time...

 

[luigi]

also moving your army with siege weapons will slow you and will stop you from moving through mountains and forest-or it will slow you much more!

 

[NikkTheTrick]

SIege weapons were often constructed at the site of a siege. Dragging those around would be way too slow.

 

[luigi]

you're right.
i find the idea of havin siege machinerie, in small battles, not so important. 20 men against 20 , it's a call for swords not for catapults!

 

[Kuark]

Not all ballistas were huge massive weapons. Here is a link to a "mankiller" ballista used in DAOC. These werent very heavy in reality and could be set up very fast and are for taking out enemy foot soldiers. http://www.camelotherald.com/newfrontiers/ballista.html

 

[luigi]

nice.
why not...but still I see it in a siege context or in a massive battle where men are in a line or in a compact regiment that "requires" this kind of weapons to get rid of them.