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Qarthadastim (Hannibal at the Gates) Siege Tier 3
Better siege tactics
“Why won’t you leave me alone?”Battering rams in their simplest form have existed for millennia. Some clever individual discovered that running a large log at gates seemed to be an effective way of knocking them down. It was only a short time until bigger and better designs appeared, usually involving decorating the ram with a ram's head. The Macedonians made many advances in siegecraft, including the introduction of the covered battering-ram, the cunning invention of Polyidus of Thessaly, who served Philip II of Macedon.
Node Set Siege Tier 3 |
research_points 1200 |
cost_per_round 0 |
Effects
- -5% siege unit costs (all provinces)
- -2 enemy siege hold-out time
(double for city-ports) - Pre-siege: tortoise
(stone walls only) - -2 enemy siege hold-out time
(double for city-ports)
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Requires Technologies | Siege Tower |
Enables | |
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Enables Technologies | Elephant Training |
Enables Buildings |
Weaponsmith Weaponsmith Field Engineer's Workshop |
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