Generally speaking Horseback Riding (HBR) has some bugs and it’s best to keep your HBR below your archery skill level so your ballistas don’t commit suicide. There is a bug where your ballistas might keep moving forward in battle instead of stopping to shoot. If your archery is 8 for example you want your HBR to be 7 or below. You do not want your HBR to be as high as your archery. I’ve lost 800 ballistas when attacking NPCs that I should have easily beaten and I’ve seen my friend lose 1200 because of this bug.
Aug 242009
Aug 162009
Ballistas work great on NPC towns but not so great on players. In fact there is an advanced strategy for attacking NPC towns without any losses at all. This strategy requires ballistas and transporters. I find I use my ballistas and transporters a lot of fighting barbarians but I don’t use them at all when attacking players.



