Re: MEPBM- siege and threaten

From: Patrick F. McGehearty <patrick@convex.COM>

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 15:49:02 +0000

In article <3l7jrf$rsc@dingo.cc.uq.oz.au>,
Mike Poidinger <mikep@biosci.uq.oz.au> wrote:
>Do any of you experienced USA and UK players have any info on what
>is required for successful sieging and threatening, and what the
>likely morale loss/ fortification destruction is in the event of a
>successful siege?  There are three structures I am interested in..
>
>camp/fort, major town/castle and major town/keep  (gee, wonder
>which pop centre that is :)  The army involved has about 6000 good
>quality, well armed and armored troops, perhaps a dozen or so war
>machines and a leader of no more than 50.
>
>Mike

I don't have any information on sieging.  For threatening,
my feeling based on some experience is that the quality of the commander
is the most important factor.  I've had excellent results with 90+
commanders, even with insufficient forces (ie. threatened a major town
with only 1800 troops and a 90 commander).  I've had and seen average
to poor results with commanders less than 60 (less than 50% success rate),
even with 1000+ troops vs camps.  These days, I don't even bother to
threaten unless I've got a 60+ commander, but if my commander is 80+,
I'll give it a shot even with 60% of the forces recommended in the book.

- Patrick McGehearty
  patrick@convex.com

References

MEPBM- siege and threaten
mikep@biosci.uq.oz.au (Mike Poidinger)
Tue, 28 Mar 1995 00:05:03 +0000