sieges in SS 4.1

[hellooo]

is it just me or is taking the walls in this version ridiculously hard ??

even when i use siege towers and elite infantry, like unhorsed knights , i can barely beat back spear militia, and take heavy casualties against archers when fighting them hand to hand.

Don't even get me started with the ladders, they are completely worthless, and the troops i send get hacked to pieces.

The reverse is true when i defend the walls, where i can just put one unit of spear milita, and they beat back ANYTHING the AI throws at them.

[danniforp]

have you got the patch installed??
I use the same version of ss and i agree that defending is quite easy but not that easy like the other day i was defending one of my cities with just spear militia and a few peasent crossbowmen and the enemy brought a equal sized stack but with much better units (knights and heavy cavelry etc..)
The only way i could put up a decent fht against them on the walls when they put up their laddars was to put 3 units of spear militia.
at the gate my troops held out for a while but in the end the defeat was inevitable and i lost the city.

For attacking a enemies settlement either take catapults, cannons etc and blow out a couple of holes in the walls.especially if they have troops standing on that wall. and for ladders put them where the enemy has no troops maybe take 2 or even 3 ladders so at least 1 will work.

But ive never had massive problems seiging enemy settlements or defending them maybe just a change of tactics or larger stacks??

[Chyeaaaa111]

Haha, time to upgrade to at least 6.1 buddy, if not 6.2.

[hellooo]

heh i wish i could , but i don't own kingdoms , and can't seem to find it out in the stores anymore, its like an antique

[bɑne]

Amazon still has it, try there. Maybe you have to go for gold in your amazon.domainoforigin but it should be available.
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[Chyeaaaa111]

I'd try Amazo too as bane_tw suggested. Or if you have Steam installed you could just DL it from there. Its super cheap last time I checked.