03Nov2012 - Tweaks and clarity |
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JimJams
Forum Warrior Joined: 20 Sep 2011 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 496 |
Topic: 03Nov2012 - Tweaks and clarity Posted: 11 Nov 2012 at 22:11 |
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If you were hit by a single strafe with 300 siege engines you would pray to have this limit set (yes it was working this way until those changes).
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Albatross
Postmaster General Joined: 11 May 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1118 |
Posted: 10 Nov 2012 at 01:21 | ||
Sieging is a very powerful toy: it can wreck a player who happens to be inattentive for a couple of days. As such, I support balancing limits, be they: siege setup time, interval between attacks, number of units per division/army, build expense/time, research cost/time, maintenance cost, and so on.
Edit: having said that, I think there's scope for a 'soft limit' where you can have more, but it'll cost disproportionately more per extra unit. Edited by Albatross - 10 Nov 2012 at 01:22 |
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GM ThunderCat
Moderator Group GM Joined: 11 Dec 2009 Location: Everywhere Status: Offline Points: 2183 |
Posted: 09 Nov 2012 at 22:40 | ||
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demdigs
Postmaster Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Status: Offline Points: 660 |
Posted: 09 Nov 2012 at 20:49 | ||
I seriously dislike the limit of 30 siege engines firing at once, that is a harsh limit, because it limits you to a base 150 siege engines in a city, that's it, and you can't even have multiple sieges going from the same square, why is it that sieges are so limited compared to the rest of the game? ie. 12 hr setup time, start at 30% and eventually build up to 100% can't have multiple sieges from a same sq, limit of 30 launching. way to limited.
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GM ThunderCat
Moderator Group GM Joined: 11 Dec 2009 Location: Everywhere Status: Offline Points: 2183 |
Posted: 06 Nov 2012 at 17:03 | ||
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Faenix
Forum Warrior Joined: 29 Oct 2011 Status: Offline Points: 283 |
Posted: 06 Nov 2012 at 14:10 | ||
When sending siege units against a town which ends up being exodused before they arrive, can we please have the siege units return home if the town does not exist when they arrive? Currently they set up a siege camp even though there's no city there to bombard.
Obviously troops sent to reinforce the squares around the city will need to have messengers sent to recall them, but it seems to me that the sieging / blockading troops should realize there's nothing there when they arrive.
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jordigui
Wordsmith Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Status: Offline Points: 157 |
Posted: 06 Nov 2012 at 11:13 | ||
Hi,
I am sorry, but i will not talk about sieges. It seems that when you start talking about sieges you divert the attraction from other important facts. Like politicians creating some disputes in sports (or a war, depending on the country) when willing to pass some difficult regulation (like tax increases) and don't want the public to complain about it. My complain is on the herbs extintion. Those of us who regularly harvest (take care of) some herbs have to face now the loss of some herbs. This is a big problem that has passed unattended. Big on the sense that I (we) had specialised cities to harvest some herbs near by. This specialisation implied the construction of herbalists guilds to high levels (sometimes 20) with the investment in materials to produce the guild and the herbalists. For example, in one of my cities, I was exploiting with 60 herbalists a rare herb that it has now dissapeared. And I cannot find the same or interesting herbs nearby, and I have to travel more for not so much interesting herbs. Similar things have happened in several of my cities. Therefore, the most efficient decision would be to demolish that particular herbalist guild and dedicate the plot to another building. With a clear loss in materials and time (not to talk about cities especialisations, for example I have one workshop especialised using that herb, that I cannot further assure its supply). Since I (we) have been exploiting the herbs sustainble, and the extintion has not been our fault, but a mistake (not our) Are you planning compensate somehow those of us who have lost the exploitation of those rare resources? Or maybe it is another lost cause ... as knights using swords (which was quite common, at least in Europe). THanks
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The_Dude
Postmaster General Joined: 06 Apr 2010 Location: Texas Status: Offline Points: 2396 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2012 at 17:08 | ||
The tactic has a variety of names. I think the GM post is the first time I have seen it called "Limited Siege." Some call it "Direct Siege." I prefer the term "Siege Strafe" because I think that conveys the idea in a modern term for a quick strike firing while on the move. Sometimes I shorten it to merely "strafe."
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KillerPoodle
Postmaster General Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 1853 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2012 at 16:53 | ||
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geofrey
Postmaster General Joined: 31 May 2011 Status: Offline Points: 1013 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2012 at 16:42 | ||
It's new to me :) I am still astounded I have never heard of this before. Is the accuracy like a round 1 siege encampment accuracy, or is it like 3 days after setting up a siege accuracy?
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