Fighting on walls .......

[the.phoenix]

As the topic says .... which troops you prefer while assaulting the walls ...... which ones do you think are the best ......

as for me ....... i generally prefer sword ones against spears ....... and the best would be ...... elite tharacian rhombophobai ............ they are just crazy deadly ........ love em ........ although i use it on enemy from behind ...... like ones they engage with other troop

[Ferdiad]

I hate how you post As for your question I use Hoplites.

[chris10]

I hate how you post As for your question I use Hoplites.

Everybody has its own style of writing (posting) and it should be respected without any sort of comment.
Textwriting with ....... is mainly a way of simulating spoken language and widely used in modern literature.
Why not simply stop trying to impose "your way" by constantly showing your disappoval and respect everybodys personal writing style ?...
just a suggestion though..

[ROFL Copter]

My lord, I thought I abused ellipses...

[Lt.Speirs]

I hate fighting on walls, especially as the defender... all your well-trained and awesome legionairs get killed because they're just pushed over the edge cause its too crowded...... lameskills imo

[Ferdiad]

Hey......does......anybody......else......think....that....wallls......are.......meatgrinders.......?

[the.phoenix]

I hate how you post As for your question I use Hoplites.

why why wt is wrong with the way i post ?????

Hey......does......anybody......else......think....that....wallls......are.......meatgrinders.......?

well i love fighting on walls ............ and seige battles too ....... i know its weird ...... but its fun ......

[Ferdiad]

why why wt is wrong with the way i post ?????You abuse ellipses.........like this.



well i love fighting on walls ............ and seige battles too, ....... i know its weird ...... but its fun......

[RebelCub]

why why wt is wrong with the way i post ?????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

[the.phoenix]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

well seriously thats a lot to read, and i get ur point bt everyone has their own ways ..... neways i guess we should stop this topic as its clearly drifted way too much, i actually meant to ask and discuss seiging strategies tht others use

[a-woowie.doowie]

I'm not sure, but are burning oils turned on or off in this mod? I'm starting to mix details like these up among mods. Anyway; if oils are turned on - then a ram held by valuable soldiers is stupid, one can always use mercenaries, auxiliary or militia troops for using rams. Siege towers and sap points are probably the safest ways to go, since they don't expose your units as much as ladders and rams does. Altough both of them takes up alot of time - siege towers take forever to get to the damn wall and forever to get units stacked up enough to actually get on to the wall.

It's a matter of taste or patience. If you dislike having to wait alot and accept extra losses - then go with ladders(in my opinion better than rams since they can't get destroyed). You can always use siege towers and sap points target them up and then use the tripple speed button if you dislike waiting - but with time limit on it still takes a chunk of that timer plus after the tower is finished, you have a long and annoying fight on the wall itself left.

Personally I prefer sap points, because I don't play with time limits and I dislike wall-fighting due to the lack of strategic inpact one can have once that fight is initiated. There are other ways to use any type of siege equipment but I find it pretty lame and do not support it; many players have discovered the "wonderful" stupidity of the AI when they move their army to one of the sides of the city - thus facing no opposition except for the towers. The only equipment which could really fail in those situations are rams since it takes alot less for them to catch on fire than a siege tower.

Sorry for the long comment, I tend to do that when I'm caught up in the writing.

[Ferdiad]

It's like he does It on purpose to annoy me.And he's spamming them so speaking his sentences would sound like Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle.

[a-woowie.doowie]

I'm not sure in this mod. But I can tell you one thing though - in vanilla, gladiators were so incredible on walls. They don't use formations or any special abilities, just plain and simple hand to hand individual combat - amazing.

[rummtata]

It's like he does It on purpose to annoy me.And he's spamming them so speaking his sentences would sound like Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle.

This whole thing is obscenely off-topic, but I had a really good laugh nonetheless

In any case I would tend to agree with you Ferdiad, posting with long lines of rather unmotivated "......" after every few words is annoying because it makes the post harder to read. You could, however, probably work on your diplomatic practice ^^

My personal mental image is one of those Hollywood-style mafia bosses with lung cancer who have to use their breathing machine after every third word ("Johnny you have to ........ make him suffer ..... but make it ....... look like an accident ..... )

[Dramatic Cat]

It's like he does It on purpose to annoy me.And he's spamming them so speaking his sentences would sound like Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle.

lulz

[the.phoenix]

It's like he does It on purpose to annoy me.And he's spamming them so speaking his sentences would sound like Stevie from Malcolm in the Middle.

wow ............ i ................ had ................ NO .............. idea ............... i ............ was .......... irritating ............. you .............

Why on earth would i want to do that ??? as Chris pointed out that's just my style ......

[Jaytee]

wow ............ i ................ had ................ NO .............. idea ............... i ............ was .......... irritating ............. you .............

Why on earth would i want to do that ??? as Chris pointed out that's just my style ......

Please stop raping the written form of my peoples' language.

[Chris Death]

wow ............ i ................ had ................ NO .............. idea ............... i ............ was .......... irritating ............. you .............

Why on earth would i want to do that ??? as Chris pointed out that's just my style ......

I'm having serious problems when trying to read your post - for the sake of my health please avoid those dots which make me hold my breath until i finished counting them each time during the pause between two words.

~S~ CD

[chris10]

wow ............ i ................ had ................ NO .............. idea ............... i ............ was .......... irritating ............. you .............
Why on earth would i want to do that ??? as Chris pointed out that's just my style ......

yeah...that includes that you dont overdo it just to provoke others, or otherwise you have to get slapped too...

[Ferdiad]

I'm on the internet, who needs diplomacy on the internet? Nah seriously though I once asked him why he post like he does and he said he understood grammer perfectly and then his sentence structure got worse.