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Siege Rams

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Docmandu
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With the increase to damage from siege, siege rams are nearly useless.. they break down extremely fast and give little to no protection whatsoever to the people driving the ram.. which means you're much better off NOT using a ram to take a keep.

Maybe the rams should get some boosts / tweaks to protect the people driving them (ie. like it was in DAoC, where people on the ram got a reduction to incoming damage).. and the ram could use a boost to hit points before breaking down.

Taking down a gate should be easier than taking down an entire wall, should it not?
  • Minack
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    Bring up the wolf's head.

  • danno8
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    Docmandu wrote: »
    With the increase to damage from siege, siege rams are nearly useless.. they break down extremely fast and give little to no protection whatsoever to the people driving the ram.. which means you're much better off NOT using a ram to take a keep.

    Maybe the rams should get some boosts / tweaks to protect the people driving them (ie. like it was in DAoC, where people on the ram got a reduction to incoming damage).. and the ram could use a boost to hit points before breaking down.

    Taking down a gate should be easier than taking down an entire wall, should it not?

    Isn't this what Siege Weapon Shield is for?
  • McDoogs
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    rams are only for capping undefended keeps, duh. I dont even bother packing them up
  • LuciusOctavio
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    Rams are used for some of the best offensive teams, who stack siege shield. Heals for days. You know you dealing with a dedicated crew that runs a ram and the ram/players stay alive through a barrage of oils. 2 to 3 siege shields, and they take keeps fast.

  • frozywozy
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    When I opened this thread, I thought it was gonna be about how the ram is constantly drunk, spinning around and sometimes jumping on top of the gate house. I am fairly disappointed.
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    LuciusOctavio wrote: »
    Rams are used for some of the best offensive teams, who stack siege shield. Heals for days. You know you dealing with a dedicated crew that runs a ram and the ram/players stay alive through a barrage of oils. 2 to 3 siege shields, and they take keeps fast.

    Aaaaaand... when that happens people come to the forum to share their salty tears.

    Sieging in general (and I say this as someone who doesn't mind the increased damage), could stand to use a little tweaking, take cold fire weapons now, the knob on them could be turned down just a tad.
  • Sacredx
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    Except for the latest bug where the ram randomly moves, goes up to the top of the gate or magically disappears the mechanics are fine. If sieging a defended keep with oils you need a siege shield and a way to sustain your team and you will survive through just about anything. 2 oils or 6 oils no problems. You need to play as a team and work together. Solo pugs or 1vxers generally will not be able to achieve this and stick to ranged siege.
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    frozywozy wrote: »
    When I opened this thread, I thought it was gonna be about how the ram is constantly drunk, spinning around and sometimes jumping on top of the gate house. I am fairly disappointed.

    Same here!

    Lucky for you I made a post about it here.
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