Siege gallery

**leonardusius** · November 20, 2015, 02:28 AM

Is any hope to view a good use of siege gallery by AI ? Even in custom battles AI won't deploy any of this. I always saw it a ''big bug'' of vanilla, and seems CA never took it serious.

**leonardusius** · November 21, 2015, 02:25 AM

So, is that question so stupid ?

**Augustusng** · November 21, 2015, 03:56 AM

We can't change battle AI. This is something we can't fix.

**leonardusius** · November 21, 2015, 05:30 AM

But, at least to have AI use them in custom battle. Seems a weird situation with that, all trying to set a battle against AI with gallery, sometimes (very rare) this AI deployed gallery; but for most cases AI don't deploy them even when you express choose in custom battles.

**KAM 2150** · November 21, 2015, 05:39 AM

We cant force it because it would mean that we change BAI which we cant.

**Tough Puppy** · November 21, 2015, 01:41 PM

Um, what's the correct use of the siege gallery? I can not quite see the point to it, other than offering a life-threateningly close view of the enemy's walls

**Augustusng** · November 21, 2015, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Triple25mm

Um, what's the correct use of the siege gallery? I can not quite see the point to it, other than offering a life-threateningly close view of the enemy's walls

Yep, that's about all it's good for. Protecting your troops if you have to go within range of the city's defenses.

**Draewn** · November 21, 2015, 03:40 PM

Of course, it'd be more protective if they'd put a forward face on the thing, or at least given it an overhang - and the way the troops stick out the front also seems like poor decision making on their part. The real thing that makes me wish Galleries were more useful, though? Gates with boiling oil. Getting a solid, flame-retardant roof between your men and the murderholes would be unquestionably worth a turn of build time.

**leonardusius** · November 22, 2015, 02:26 AM

Siege gallery is not meant to be used frontally because enemy missiles can go throw the front unprotected area; to cover the front side of the gallery isn't an option because you must see where you're going; but to drive them along the walls and attract enemy missiles with a weak unit to force them get depleted. After that, you have no fear to attack frontally with the best troops. In fact, that was a realistic strategy in historical perspective. I know CA used them in first versions of the game but later they give up.