Xylon Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 Hi, So I'm quite good at quickly building a strong eco and big army but I'm struggling to deal with enemy siege. When my opponent puts siege behind his army bombarding my soldiers I always end up defeated. I think part of the problem is that when my soldiers get to the siege they never attack it, just try to convert it. This is very slow and often fails completely! Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with enemy siege? I always play as Britons at the moment because I thought specializing would be helpful at this stage. Best, Joseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbarossa41 Posted March 23, 2020 Report Share Posted March 23, 2020 I believe CTRL + click attacks instead of converts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Imho attack should be the default and capture be secondary, but I ignored it disagreed with many times in this subject. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC (naval supremacist) Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 16 hours ago, wowgetoffyourcellphone said: Imho attack should be the default and capture be secondary, but I ignored it disagreed with many times in this subject. indeed. Also, this is a problem when you want to "gaia" your allies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xylon Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 any tips on how to deal with ranged siege with Britons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudica Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Xylon said: any tips on how to deal with ranged siege with Britons? You usually want to prepare some sword cavalry trained in barracks to destroy (not capture) catapults. If the enemy is guarding them well, you'll first need to distract their army or wait for a good moment. A sword cavalry hero is even better for this, can easily destroy catapults sneakily when the enemy is not watching, or he can destroy one or two of them even when the enemy notices (because the hero is tough). If you have a lot of slingers, you can try attacking catapults from a distance with them. It's quite slow compared to swordsmen, but it can be a way to go if the enemy units don't let your melee units near. If you already have a fortress, using rams against the catapults is another option. Catapults can target rams and destroy them quite fast until the rams get near. However, if you manage to get one or two rams in a close distance, you can destroy many catapults fast before you lose the rams. If you don't have a lot of metal or stone, infantry spearmen are one of the worse but usable option. I would never advise to use any skirmisher units against any siege weapons because they deal basically no damage to them. Even women have a higher chance of success. A combination of different counter units, especially from different sides at once, has the best chances to succeed. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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