Troops stuck on ladder during siege.

[TreasureDen]

Really annoy and piss me off.

 

[tommmy]

same problem here. specifically, the siege of Reyvadin. the attacking troops some times get stuck on the ladder. any help? anyone?

 

[TreasureDen]

Jesus ******* Christ, another castle with ladder that got my soldiers stuck. The initial wave my troop got through with no problem, but all my reinforcements got stuck on the ladder and left me alone in the castle with 40 enemy soldiers. When some of them (like 5 at a time) finally got through, they got massacred. This bug made the castle siege 10 times harder than it should.

 

[Hvaldir]

If you are so inclined, you may lead the assault on the castle.

Step 1: Select a group with 1, 2, 3 etc. (Hey, [group] listen to me!)
Step 2: Press F2 ([Group], follow me!)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1-2 for all groups. (This step may be skipped if you have not already given orders; simply press F1 then F2 to make all units follow.)
Step 4: Walk up the ladder/siege tower with no obstructions.

I can not say whether this works in all circumstances, or if there are variables that determine if you are able to control all the troops in a battlefield, but I have done this successfully.

In short, control your units more. I, however, completely agree sieges need to be changed/fixed.

 

[SlayerKiller]

Although going on to the ladder first may help, I think it's still a problem that needes fixing I'm gonna try to Siege a Castle in 1.105 hope it's fixed, but really good would be if the problem is Fixed cos you cant go first you will die

 

[xilmin]

Step 1: Select a group with 1, 2, 3 etc. (Hey, [group] listen to me!)
Step 2: Press F2 ([Group], follow me!)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1-2 for all groups. (This step may be skipped if you have not already given orders; simply press F1 then F2 to make all units follow.)

Just to add that you can simplify this considerably. Pressing 0 selects everyone, then issue the follow me command. A lot quicker than doing each group at a time

 

[Sartain]

Step 1: Select a group with 1, 2, 3 etc. (Hey, [group] listen to me!)
Step 2: Press F2 ([Group], follow me!)
Step 3: Repeat steps 1-2 for all groups. (This step may be skipped if you have not already given orders; simply press F1 then F2 to make all units follow.)

Just to add that you can simplify this considerably. Pressing 0 selects everyone, then issue the follow me command. A lot quicker than doing each group at a time

Having just done the Reyvadin siege in 1.105 I can assure you that these techniques really don't help much.
I had to clear the wall almost by myself and after that I danced around the ladder alternating charge and follow me orders, while moving in a zig-zag pattern. That usually got me 5-10 guys up the ladder, I then sent them to charge the enemy, then I had to repeat to get another handful of soldiers.
In the end, I had so little health left I couldn't breach the wall and had to auto-resolve. Lucky I brought 10 noble lords and their armies, anything less than 4:1 odds in our favour and we probably would have been massacred.

Oh yeah, if anybodys in doubt, I recommend FIXING this glaring show of horrible lack of quality control

 

[tommmy]

Having just done the Reyvadin siege in 1.105 I can assure you that these techniques really don't help much.
I had to clear the wall almost by myself and after that I danced around the ladder alternating charge and follow me orders, while moving in a zig-zag pattern. That usually got me 5-10 guys up the ladder, I then sent them to charge the enemy, then I had to repeat to get another handful of soldiers.
In the end, I had so little health left I couldn't breach the wall and had to auto-resolve. Lucky I brought 10 noble lords and their armies, anything less than 4:1 odds in our favour and we probably would have been massacred.

Oh yeah, if anybodys in doubt, I recommend FIXING this glaring show of horrible lack of quality control

i second that. seriously, guys. thx for that help but we know what the battle commands are for. those soldiers (4 or 5, usually) can't even get back down, retreat or whatever. maybe i should try to zig-zag moves

 

[Atar]

it happens all the time maybe they should put some more ladders huh?

 

[Adorno]

I suppose if we spam the forum with these threads the developers will make it high priority. 

It's seriously one of the worst problems right now.

(more ladders will not help - it's an inherent AI problem)

 

[TheBossInTheWall]

I suppose if we spam the forum with these threads the developers will make it high priority. 

It's seriously one of the worst problems right now.

(more ladders will not help - it's an inherent AI problem)

Or the admin could lock your post like mine was. And it wasn't ranting at all. : /

 

[Archonsod]

Yes, because this forum is for tech support, not bug reporting. If you want to report bugs, use the ****ing site dedicated to bug reporting stickied at the top of the forum.

Just a thought, but actually filing a bug on the site the devs are reading is likely to bring it to their attention far quicker than posting it on one they might check once in a blue moon.