Isn't it strange how there are siege towers in the original Civ IV opening movie, and they figure very prominently in the Warlords opening, and on the Warlords main menu. But still no siege towers in the game, or even in any of the scenarios.
Siege Towers Everywhere... Except in the Game
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fireforge
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they are in the game you just havent seen them yet. I had an axemen with level 3 city raid ... or another upgrade not sure but reguardless it gave the axemen a siege tower but you could only see it while attack a city.
lordofcivs
Lord of The Civilizations
What is seige tower any ways???????
Illusion13
King
^ old style cities all have a high outer wall for fortification purposes. Not just the castles, but outside the cities (back then, cities are usually compact within the walls, with fields outside). When troops come sack a city, they first have to somehow get through the wall, which has plenty of archers, people dropping rocks, people firing out stuff at you. One of the ways of getting up there is to have a giant siege tower, which are big towers on wheels that troops enter, walk up it, and exit on a much higher spot. These towers protect troops much better, and allows for troops to get up on top of the wall where they can fight the archers.
Here is a pic: http://www.dreamsstudio.com/old/games/siege/siegetower.gif
Here is a pic: http://www.dreamsstudio.com/old/games/siege/siegetower.gif
Ah, I see. I don't think it's all foot units, just units with City Raider promotions or an inherent +% City attack (like Swordsmen). Odd that I didn't see it during the Barbarians game I played. I'm guessing that it also only happens when the city is walled.snipafist said:
Cool!
I must say I do like the improved combat animations in general (there's more blows and shots fired, more action, less predictable). I hope there are more surprises in store.
Dagenham Dave
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One general to another:
"So I was thinking we could build a siege tower and bring it along to the next battle."
"Good idea. How big?"
"About the size of one of our soldiers."
"Yeah. Yeah, I like that."
"So I was thinking we could build a siege tower and bring it along to the next battle."
"Good idea. How big?"
"About the size of one of our soldiers."
"Yeah. Yeah, I like that."
Hawkeye2007
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i think those guys attacking that city could kinda just squish the city.
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Helmling said:
It's new, also the graphics of the terrain have been changed it looks like, which is good.
pholkhero
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i had the same gripe, but thanks for proving me wrong. I wonder if there's a tech you research, too, that enable the animation (and obsoletes it ~ would be funny to see marines using the tower).
Since gunpowder units ignore walls, I would assume they don't use the siege tower. Also it might require Classical+ technology, as I'm pretty sure I didn't see it during the Barbarians game, and I would swear some of the cities had walls.
Dom Pedro II
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I think this was a stroke of genius on the part of Firaxis... honestly, there was a siege tower unit created for Civ3, and I tried to find a way to incorporate it, but honestly, it just didn't seem to have a way to be both useful and true to life. And even with all the freedoms the Civ4 code allows, I still had nothing.
This definitely solves that problem. One of the little nuances that really makes Warlords worthwhile.
This definitely solves that problem. One of the little nuances that really makes Warlords worthwhile.
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