Flaming Ballista Enfilade (screenshots)

[mike2R]

Admittedly the AI had gone passive, but I still think this is quite cool, I'd not realised ballistas could do this..




Some more from another angle - it killed a good 6 men:







I don't usually slaughter the passive AI like this, but given the defensive position I was in I thought it was fair..

[Blood Claw Warrior]

Wow, that must have been a spot-on shot there. Nice hit on those mercenary spearmen, who are probably, by the way, my favorite mercenaries because of effectiveness and looks.

[mike2R]

that must have been a spot-on shot there.

The ballista was reasonably close, but it was actually hitting about 1 in 2. I started with about a quarter of its ammo remaining, and by the time it had finished it had a gold chevron - at which point it was hitting with every shot I saw.

It got over 150 kills, I'm guessing at least 120 of them came from the last quarter of its ammunition since it chewed through 3 infantry units, with the remnants routing.

I'd considered ballistas to be pretty crap - I think this one was built by an AI governor - but I'm impressed with their ability to cause damage, even if I was abusing the passive AI.

[centrelink4]

The fire ability of catapults and billistas makes them way too powerful

[God-Emperor of Mankind]

The fire ability of catapults and billistas makes them way too powerful

Only if they manage to hit which with flaming ammo are reduced.

[centrelink4]

Only if they manage to hit which with flaming ammo are reduced.

Its not about specificly hitting one unit its about hitting any unit, and so I would say its increased your ability to hit as it seems to have a large area of effect to it.