Then there is no need for mulitple sieges because the sharpshooters will take care of their reinforcements as they spawn in. I will have some sharpshooters lower down the list so they show up with reinforcements and shoot down into the courtyard. Together they can easily gain a foothold on the wall. Personally I usually don't have patience for that so I often just bring along a small number of Nord Huscarls and companions to lead the way and follow up with Rhodok Sergreants. Order your crossbowmen to spread out to reduce losses and keep any other troops in the rear Using this tactic 80 troops can take out 400 unless they have a lot of elite archers themselves or they sally out to meet your assault.

Repeat until you grind down the enemy defenses to a mangaeable size for your infantry. Camp ouside the wall with sharpshooters until they run out of bolts then withdraw and return with a replenished supply of bolts. But besides that i can accept inferiority in cavalry if i get what i want elsewhere.If you want to wear down a castle's defenses with multiple assaults using Rhodoks, use the crossbowmen. Having some cavalry is always necessary, if only to chase down defeated enemy. and it is weak where i don't mind (lacks cavalry, not brilliant offensive infantry though i never had problem with them). I really like Rhodok faction's strengths and weaknesses, it is strong where i want it to be strong (against cavalry, good and plentiful crossbows, good at holding the line and great at defending castles and towns). Ofc at the moment infantry has so little mass that cavalry will always break through and unit stats are largely clones of each other, so balance will change a lot and cavalry is more important atm.

Not sure if that is in the game atm or not, but pretty sure it will be.

So if i want to play more like Rhodoks played in Warband, which faction should i choose? Ofc i can mix and match units of different cultures but that is not always desirable if they get morale penalty for fighting against their own faction. They have more and better crossbows, and only 5th tier of Imperial crossbows has shield. Vladians have inferior armor until level 5, not sure if even level 5 has worse armor.

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