whats your favorite artillery

[epicnerd]

so which is it

[Fireright]

No elephanty stuff?
Voted merc monster bombard The console gods always see fit to provide me with 3 of them before a major siege.

I'm a lucky guy

[jukeness]

Basilisk, great for sieges.

[Gazz]

Lot's of these "what's your this and that" polls around now. Conspiracy?


As for the question, Basilisk.

[Gallus]

mortar. no need to bring any other unit to a siege.

[Christonikos]

I 'll go with ballista because I rarely get late-game cannons, like serpentine (or is it Basilisk?) which is AMAZING. However that mongol rocket launcher s also devastating.


Can someone recognise that cannon for me?

[Silverheart]

@Christonikos
That one there looks like a Culverin to me - A spanish cannon of highest class.
Or at least it is spanish...

However, I vote the Basilisk - Exceptional range (they should an extra "very" in the abilities description) great accuracy for an artillery piece, good damage against both building and troops and all in all a very deadly weapon to have atop a hill, protecting your troops by blasting away your foes!
Plus, I like that line the description: "fear the gaze of the Basilisk!"

[ccgr1121]

Ballista.

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Old Skool!!!!

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lol jk rocket launcher

[.L.]

Ballista.

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Old Skool!!!!

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lol jk rocket launcher

Dude how do you put a spoiler within a spoiler?

[Magmaniac]

the Mangonel

[Gazz]

@Christonikos I bet that is an Basilisk.

[AJenny58]

None! I hate artillery. It makes my armies move slow and it kills my generals. I always balk at the enemy for bringing his artillery to a field battle. It is a waste of a unit in my opinion. One unit of heavy cavalry can stop five artillery units from firing for a whole battle.

(Please note that I only play campaigns.)

[Rero]

try having 3 serpentines on a river crossing=epic win

[Primo]

Basilisk

[ahmed5]

Longbow.

Lol no i really don't like playing with artillery (maybe on defence) - i leave that to ETW

[Bozzy73uk]

Catapult, great for attacking and defending

[Fireright]

the Mangonel

Aye, serious damage can be done in a siege with a few well positioned/aimed shots I've seen hundreds fry to their doom when theyre stood like plonkers in the castle square.


Nothing beats 3 console provided merc monster bombards though for instant demolition jobs

[RoseCroix]

I would go for the Mangonel as well. They can destroy the walls just as easy AND they can launch smelly, rotten, fly-eaten cow corpses... You gotta love that!

[dannyalex]

none prefer man power units

[Triarii]

Mortar, great for lobbing shots over walls, making it great for siege assaults and defenses.