Siege Warfare

A Brief background.

 I am generally a peaceable sovereign.  As such I have little use for non-defensive forces. However due to recent changes in the game, I have been experimenting with some new military tactics, and have started a siege on a suspended account.

As the siege has been going I have had some confusion as to how several of the mechanics are resolved. I am using the elven equivalent of battering rams and catapults to attack the city. These devices are “missing” an extremely large amount of times. I need to know how these pick targets and resolve hits. My battering rams haven’t even hit the wall yet? For instance can a catapult target an empty building plot? And if it can would this simply appear as a miss? And if I miss a target is there a way for me to find out what the catapult was aiming for. Oh and another thing can multiple catapults target the same building? And how do multiple battering rams work do the each get a chance to hit the wall or is it only the first one that attacks (if so I need to fire its commander).

 

Rill wrote: multiple catapults can target the same building.  It SHOULD go down 2 levels when that happens, but it does not always do so.  (I've filed a petition regarding this problem.)

Thanks for the information rill it has been helpful.

i see. i am not actually trying to raze/capture the city. i am using it to test some theories. so the wall is an issue. (since its an undefended city if i only wanted to raze it i would only send one commander with the siege equipment. i have actual helped players who have accidently relocated.) for my purposes i need to reduce the wall level more than the building levels. but i also want to see if removing all the buildings changes the terrain back to its base for combat resolution. (among other things) like i mentioned in the background this is strictly an experiment. 

What TD said.