Catapult in the February update video

[blackbutterfly]

There's a Trebuchet Unit in the new update.

Yup. Trebuchet!

So nothing to do with XML references to ZOMBIE_SIEGE.

 

[Haig]

Love the trebuchet! Although light infantry and man-at-arms are even cooler..

 

[Pfeffersack]

A nice side effect of getting the trebuchet is that it will make sieges at least a tiny bit easier in the time window between its arrival and the moment it gets replaced by the Bombard. This will probably not solve the mid-game stalemate totally, but it is surely a step in the right direction

 

[Deggial]

A nice side effect of getting the trebuchet is that it will make sieges at least a tiny bit easier in the time window between its arrival and the moment it gets replaced by the Bombard. ...

“Side effect”?
I thought, this was the entire point?!

 

[Pfeffersack]

“Side effect”?
I thought, this was the entire point?!

Yes, you are right...it is hard to think of another gameplay reason to add a siege unit, but if you consider the way walls/city strikes work in Civ6 as the main culprit for said stalemate problem...well, then a new unit might just not solve that alone. I'm honestly undecided whether it will be enough and curious for how it plays outv - and thats why I worded my thought so over-cautiously (but I realize now that using the term "side-effect" is indeed unfitting and not explaining what I actually wanted to say with my post )

 

[Haig]

I wonder if Line infantry has a resource requirement.

 

[Linklite]

I wonder if Line infantry has a resource requirement.

To build? Almost certainly, and it will be niter. Maintenance? I'm guessing not. I'm hoping they get rid of the oil.requirement for the later melee class units.