Need some tips - Towers Ownage.

[Broly]

Hey new to the mod been playin Dues lo vult, broken crescent, and others but really over looked this one until now running 6.2 because i am fine with supply armies and stuff like that.

Only i think i have bitten off more then i can chew im playing as Knights Templar so straight away jumping into it the hard way.. But my only problem is when taking a town the towers obliterate my army...

I am in the walls an they continue to destroy my people just now i prity much lost all my army to towers, is there a way i can remove this from the game as a quick fix they just seem too powerfull for me to enjoy... i mean if they are doing this to me then they will probably do it to the enemy right and wheres the fun in defending that?

to give an example i had my ram at Antioch and the whole 112 spearmen holding it got pelted to death with arrows as it finally broke their was only 10 left while i had all my men fighting on the walls getting owned. This is on Easy battle map Medium campaign map. I know it is more like medium + but this is harder then any other mod i have played it is just the towers i want to get rid of any ideas? i have no catapults atm so destroying them is not an option.

[Caesar Clivus]

i have no catapults atm so destroying them is not an option.

Can I suggest you get some then?

You can change tower damage in data\descr_walls.txt

[Ichon]

What equipment do you have to have to destroy defense arrow towers? I've never tried that as it always seems only rams can even break the gate down, never thought it might be more effective on towers since its so rare I have any siege equipt to try it with. I always just sit 80% of army by front gate and sneak some rams around other sides and when break thru there charge 2 cav inside- 1 to square and 2nd to lure enemy that runs toward square away for awhile so more enemy leave from front gate. I do lose probably about 10% of every unit as it runs inside front gate but after that put some archers on the walls and its just mopping up so not too costly.

Or get spies to open gate or lure the defenders into a sally. Never had a situation needed to break down the towers and I hate hauling siege equipt as it slows down the armies so much and I am already irritated having to take 10 years to march from Italy to Greece or 3-4 years by sea.

[Broly]

catapults can hit an destroy towers but im just saying this was the first town i had to take over lol so turn like 7 you dont have catapults. 1200men vs 800 and i had 100 left lol...

The towers are too strong for my likening i mean my army had taken the walls an was still getting obliterated so i dont know i will try change the strength of them. Thanks

[The Mouth of Sauron]

Assault the walls only if the neccessity arises,otherwise you have to starve out the defenders and let them come to you,you will fight a good fight away from the towers.

[Navajo Joe]

Broly,

I am probably teaching you to suck eggs as they say, but attack more than one wall, not at the same time, keep the AI guessing, what you are going to do. A recent battle I fought was a force of 3 units attacked the east wall with a Ram and ladders, on the west wall a unit scaled the wall with ladders. As the Ram broke the gates and both ladders achieved their wall objectives, the AI moved forces from the south wall to defend east and west walls. As they moved away my Ram on the south wall broke the gates and my forces in the south rushed thru the gatehouse down the main street. Game, Set and Match.

Have you seen the film 'Zulu', in the film one officer asks another why do they keep attacking different walls at different times. The answer was to find your weak spots and count your guns. It is the same principle, probe their defenses, don't commit until you see that your plan will succeed.

[dipperq]

well said, fight in their town center if possible.