Hey guys !
I was talking with one of your member during DRZ's castle attack today, I sadly don't remember his name and it wasn't really easy to discuss with the deaths spamming my chat log ;D
So basically, I was hinting the commanders to change their "strategy" - which basically was climbing the siege tower and jumping into a crowd of maul spammers with plate armors - for a less absurd and self-devastating one : keeping the siege tower charge but dividing the crowd of plated maulers by threatening them with multiple ladders/entry points scattered around the walls of the castle to make them defend other spawn points. One of your member replied that there was no point and that's not the way strategus battles work.
I hear that strategus is mainly about money grinding and OP gear spam, and that battle was most likely a loss battle from the start, but that doesn't mean Strategy is out of the picture, Strategy ALWAYS is a part of the picture and as what I proposed wasn't the usual way of leading a siege attack it sure would have been a greater threat for the defending army and the damages caused to them would have been greater.
I made 2 quick paint drawings to explain what I was trying to point out :
What was actually happening, attackers were focused on the siege tower + 2 points on front side of the castle, but so were the defenders. It was impossible to pass the amount of plated maulers stacking in one place with a very short distance to run from their spawning points to attacked areas :
What should be done, multiplying hypotethical entry points to force defenders to spread on the castle walls, dividing their main force/group to even the numbers at the siege tower entry point. Even if the alternative ladders/entry points would be suicidal "missions" with a very low chance of success, the fact that it weakens their main group is a beneficial counter part. And as some side attackers might breach through for a few minutes their defense would be shaken.
You could even push the idea further to build another spawn point to fake a greater threat on the other side of the wall to divide their force even more. The material cost is higher, but that's something to plan ahead and would be greatly compensated.
There, hope you guys consider this for future siege so it's less of a one way slaughter when commanders say "Jump in" ;o
cheers !
