Annoying siege bug

**Zarithar** · March 12, 2008, 09:17 AM

I'll get straight to the point:

When besieging a city, I like to batter down the walls/tower/gates/etc with my artillery before going in for the kill.

For some reason, as soon as I run out of ammo I get the defeat message, even if I have brought the wall down in multiple places.

Does one of the patches address this problem?

Thanks!

**BlackBart213** · March 12, 2008, 09:23 AM

I wonder if it's because you're attacking a citadel (has more than one layer of walls/gates)

**Radiso-FIN** · March 12, 2008, 09:25 AM

Do you have other siege equipment as well (ladders, towers, rams)?

**Zarithar** · March 12, 2008, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Radiso-FIN

Do you have other siege equipment as well (ladders, towers, rams)?

The first time this happened to me it was attacking Pamplona, which was held by the Portugese (I am playing the Spanish). I had one unit of catapults and one unit of bombards. My catapults ran out of ammo no problem, but the moment my bombards ran out of ammo I got the defeat message... and had not lost a single man. No towers or rams.

**Xix** · March 12, 2008, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Zarithar

The first time this happened to me it was attacking Pamplona, which was held by the Portugese (I am playing the Spanish). I had one unit of catapults and one unit of bombards. My catapults ran out of ammo no problem, but the moment my bombards ran out of ammo I got the defeat message... and had not lost a single man. No towers or rams.

Pamplona starts out as a castle and if it had upgraded to a Fortress before you attacked you would have needed to save some artillary to bust through the second line of walls/gates or you will get the defeated message as soon as you run out of ammo.

**Zarithar** · March 12, 2008, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by Xix

Pamplona starts out as a castle and if it had upgraded to a Fortress before you attacked you would have needed to save some artillary to bust through the second line of walls/gates or you will get the defeated message as soon as you run out of ammo.

Ah thank you... that could very well be it! I am still very much in the Rome mindset and not used to the different levels of fortifications.