cease fire of cannon towers?

**gunner32** · March 16, 2011, 02:15 AM

Hi,
Is there a way to control the cannon towers ?
To much friendly fire from them..

**Lord Humungus** · March 16, 2011, 02:45 AM

No. Just don't build them. Cannon towers are OP anyway, poor AI can't handle them.

**gunner32** · March 16, 2011, 03:09 AM

Got some demolition work to do then.
Tnx

**adecoy95** · March 16, 2011, 01:22 PM

yes, the cannons make really short work of the siege equipment, then the ai just stands around and dies horribly

**k/t** · March 17, 2011, 12:28 PM

They're also unrealistic.

**Ferdiad** · March 17, 2011, 04:14 PM

Ya, cannons that can swivel and aim very well.

**Andytheplatypus** · March 17, 2011, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Ferdiad

Ya, cannons that can swivel and aim very well.

Didnt they have laser guided missiles back then also?

**Ferdiad** · March 17, 2011, 05:01 PM

Yes, they were called "Sherwood Archers", they also Invented Tomahawk missiles.

**Andytheplatypus** · March 17, 2011, 05:04 PM

Ah I knew it.

**Ferdiad** · March 17, 2011, 05:10 PM

Another mystery solved then!

**Polycarpe** · March 17, 2011, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by Ferdiad

Another mystery solved then!

XD

, a rep for that nice answer.
But back on topic, cannon towers is a bit unrealistic and unbalanced (try sieging a citadel with cannon towers, just try it) tbh. What is more realism is cannons on wall. It's doable but you need proper graphic skills to do so.

**Lugiahua** · March 17, 2011, 09:45 PM

they probably got the idea from Age of Empires...
cannon on wall was how they used them in history, but somehow they didn't used the idea until Empires.

**Forever Steadfast** · March 18, 2011, 09:59 AM

Knowing the baffoon that the AI can be during sieges; it'd probably make your game a bit more interesting (and perhaps challenging) to avoid these OP kinds of upgrades. I suppose some people like having unassailable fortresses, but I'd rather have my castles be defended with wit and tactics; not the Holy Hand Grenade.