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What does siege do exactly? If I siege a city indefinately will the moral of the army inside eventually drop to zero? Will they starve to death? Is production halted during a siege? Is building production haulted? Will my % chance of taking the city go up if I siege for a week? Is that army stuck in the city until they lift the siege?


Bombard: Is bombard ever worth it? It seems like every time I bombard I take more damage than the enemy!!! For example, right now I have 200k archer and 300 catapault. The other guy is elf and probably has around 150k archer. Is it worth it ?

Why are you attacking with 200k archers? That is the question I want to ask...

Bombard can be a devastating attack if used against an enemy with few lvl 2 units, and if you have a lot of catapults in your army (IE: all offensive units are catapults). The scenario you described would not be worth it, as an enemy with 2x you power composed of 100% archers would sodomize your pathetic 300 catapults and archers you are attacking with for whatever reason. If you are attacking an enemy who is defending with, say, Warlords and too much magic protection for an ally to crush wall their city; and you have a 60% chance after full prep time; then bombard would be extremely effective at killing their troops and walls with few losses on your end.


What does siege do exactly?

It is an attack that notably ignores Gaurd Towers and will have a higher % then any other form of attack. When a city is sieged, the ruler gets a message in his news. To break the siege, he must kill any armies on his city. You could potentially lay down a siege with 1 army, and then move a new army on the city and have it still be sieged.

If I siege a city indefinately will the moral of the army inside eventually drop to zero?

Hmm not too sure, I never really checked if the armys inside suffer a morale drop. I know the city morale drops.

Will they starve to death?

Peasants will die off, yes.

Is production halted during a siege?

Production buildings such as mines and lumbermills will no longer produce resources. Peasants will still pay taxes.

Is building production haulted?

Not hat I am aware of.

Will my % chance of taking the city go up if I siege for a week?

It probably wont take a week for all the peasants to die, and the % will really only raise if the peasants compose a large part of the cities defenses.

Is that army stuck in the city until they lift the siege?

Defending armies are, not the sieging army.

By the way, I REALIZE I can't defeat him.  He's an elf.  But I can force his big ass army to be STUCK inside of that city while my other army tears down his cities.  Is that so dumb?

ya the units in barny you should cut down on. its probally killing your food eco to support them or if you pull them out your overall income will hurt quite a bit. Though be sure you still have enough defense should i decide i wish to turn around ;p. Im an orc, i have low upkeep hence why i am able to feild so many troops without a large hit to my eco atm.