You may have holes in your wall if you have recently engaged another enemy army. Then, if you do manage to stop them at an interior wall, you can laugh at all the horses that are stuck between two sets of towers. This is especially useful if the enemy has mainly cavalry, because they can’t jump over walls like infantry can. If you have more walls, you have more chances at destroying the enemy siege equipment. Number, type, and strength of attackers.Number, type, and strength of defenders.There are several key things to look for when determining the strength of your defenses: I suggest using your eyes, because clairvoyance is hard to learn. That is one of the cases for an early quick advance.įirst, when conducting the defense of a castle or city, it’s important to know the strength and depth of your defenses. This layered approach works well in the early game, when settlements can still be converted. That is why it is often smart to place your castles on the outside of your empire, and your cities within. Hopefully, if you’re defending, you’ll be inside one, because they are far superior to cities for defense. The primary implements in defending against a siege are castles. There are some ways to practically guarantee victory, but those kinds of things are below the belt (Translation: 1337 haX) and will not be referenced in this expository. Let’s get on to the real reason anybody is reading this article: because they want to pwn some n00bs in M2TW! Bad news for you people: I hate you, and when I fight my battles, I try to have a sense of decency. Thus, the siege was born.Īh, well, enough about the history crap. When Fred returned, he could not get through the wall, and thus sat outside the wall until Bob starved to death. This spurred on a great technological advance: Bob built the first wall, to better defend himself. Caveman Fred, trying to defeat Caveman Bob, tore down Bob’s fence and then raped him. First, some brief history on the principle of the siege.Ī long time ago, Caveman Bob set up a fence around his cave.

Apparently, the CA people got something right, for the siege was a key part of real medieval total war as well. The siege is a key part of Medieval II: Total War.

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