I don't remember any such discussion. Anyway, even if I don't want to keep the building, seems to me that with my usual army composition capturing is quicker than chiseling away at it.
Hi, why do you think that sniping annoying?
I believe that it is a valid strategy. Sniper soldiers are being deployed in modern battlefields, for example in Palestine. You assassinate enemy units so that your army endures less damage per second.
Armour of a Sassanian warrior. (Photo from Nadeem/Eran ud Turan)
Pustigban Salar by Joan Francesc Oliveras Pallerols
Early Sasanian double-handed sword