Use of artillery
A question concerning a pet hatred of mine: in RS2 is there some limit in place to prevent less advanced factions building artillery-heavy stacks? It's really annoying to fight barbarians deploying Scorpions and Onagors the crews of whcih seem very overpowered.
I know the heavy artillery is a new unit, but is there some way to disuade the AI from building too many?
Opifex
Re: Use of artillery
There's no way to force the AI to recruit or not recruit any particular unit.
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Re: Use of artillery
By heavy artillery unit you mean Large Lithobolos, right? If yes, barbarians aren't able to recruit them, only Romans and Greeks. And in RSII you will see armies with artillery units rarely (at least thats my experience), but if you do they will have mostly a unit of ballista or scorpions, some major Greek factions (Macs, Seleucids) maybe with a Lithobolos... barbarian armies with artillery - unlikely.
Centenarius
Re: Use of artillery
But do the barbarians even have access to any artillery at all? And is it possible to get the Lithbolos as mercenaries in Sicily, that would be pretty cool
Decanus
Re: Use of artillery
What about increasing recruitment and upkeep costs (I'd suggest quadrupling them), or removing the faction name (and thus their ability to recruit it) from export_descr_unit.txt under the artillery piece entry in question.
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Re: Use of artillery
They're already pretty high. Higher than a lot of professional infantry. I think that's why us beta testers haven't seen many of them used. The Romans seem to make use of ballista's but I haven't encountered much other than that for field artillery. What are you basing your suggestion of quadruple costs on?Originally Posted by Scipio praeditus
Yes, the Barbarians have access to some of the artillery. The Lithbolos are limited to Rome and Greek so I don't believe they will be available as mercenaries.But do the barbarians even have access to any artillery at all? And is it possible to get the Lithbolos as mercenaries in Sicily, that would be pretty cool
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Re: Use of artillery
But do the barbarians even have access to any artillery at all? And is it possible to get the Lithbolos as mercenaries in Sicily, that would be pretty cool
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Re: Use of artillery
Is what the Romans and Greeks called other people, but it doesn't mean they aren't smart enough to put a few logs together.
Re: Use of artillery
M aybe if you had it so that Barbarians only have access to artillery when they reach a certain province limit to simulate the various regional tribes being unified and organised enough to be able to manufacture artillery.
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