Mercenary siege weapons

[Jacob Debroedere]

I don't know whether this has been suggested yet, but I think you should have the possibility to hire siege weapons in civilized provinces. In EB stone projectors and the like are really expensive and almost useless on the battlefield. Therefore it's not cost/time effective to drag these things around in invasion armies, but if you leave them at home you have to wait to build siege towers,rams,...

Now imagine you want to capture a city: you open the 'hire mercenary' menu and select some stone projectors. After the assault (if it suceeded), you disband them because you don't need them anymore. The 'hire siege weapon x' option should only be possible in regions where people had the knowledge to build these things(most of the hellenized world I think).

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

It has been suggested before, especially in places like Syracuse, so the Romans can get siege equiptment earlier. I think the idea was excepted, but I don't know if it was ever implemented.