SIEGE WORKSHOP: DARK AGE: N/A FEUDAL AGE: N/A CASTLE AGE: YOU MUST BUILD A BLACKSMITHS SHOP IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A SIEGE WORKSHOP. IN CASTLE AGE YOU MAY PRODUCE 3 UNITS FROM THIS BUILDING. BATTERING RAM, SCORPION, AND MANGONEL. THE RAM IS A SLOW MOVING UNIT USED IN DESTROYING ENEMY BUILDINGS ( USUALLY CASTLES AND TOWN CENTERS ). THIS UNIT IS WEAK VS ALL UNITS, EVEN VILLIES HAVE NO TROUBLE DESTROYING THIS UNIT. GARISONING UNITS INSIDE THE RAM WILL ALLOW IT TO MOVE AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT RAM QUICKER. GOOD TO USE VS CASTLES AND TOWN CENTERS. PROTECTS THE UNITS INSIDE FROM GETTING FIRED UPON APPROACH. THE SCORPION IS A RANGE UNIT THAT IS STRONG VS ARCHERY RANGE UNITS AND INFANTRY UNITS. ALTHOUGH IT IS WEAK VS STABLE UNITS. MANGONELS ALSO HAVE THE SAME STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. A MANGONEL CAN DESTROY A TOWN CENTER EASILY. TOWN CENTER HAS 6 RANGE AND MANGONEL HAS 7 RANGE. THIS IS MOSTLY SEEN IN REGUALR NOMAD GAMES. IMPERIAL AGE: AHHHH YEAH!! FINALLY MADE IT TO IMPERIAL AGE!! LET'S HOPE THAT YOU BEAT YOUR ENEMY THERE, IF SO, YOU CAN TURN THE TIDE OF THE WAR AND GAME QUICKLY NOW. BY NOW YOU SHOULD BE 75% FINISHED WITH YOUR BOOM AND ANY SIEGE UNITS CAN NOW BE UPGRADED DEPENDING ON THE CIV. RAM TO CAPPED RAM, THEN TO SIEGE RAM, SCORPION TO HEAVY SCORPION, MANGONEL TO ONAGER, THEN TO SIEGE ONAGER. ALSO WITH SOME CIVS WITH THE RESEARCH OF CHEMISTRY ( FREE FOR TURKS ), THE BOMBARD CANNON CAN BE CREATED. THIS IS A SLOW MOVING UNIT THAT HAS A STANDARD 12 RANGE AND IS MOSTLY USED TO DESTROY CASTLES AND TOWNCENTERS. THIS IS A GOOD WEAPON VS OTHE SIEGE UNITS EXCEPT FOR TURKS BOMBARD CANNONS WHICH HAS 12+2 POST-IMP RANGE. THE CELTS CIV HAS THE BEST SIEGE OF ANY CIV. IN POST=IMP, CELTS GET +50% HP's ON ALL SIEGE UNITS AND TEAM BONUS OF +50% FIRING SPEED. THESE SIEGE UNITS ONLY TO BE OUT-RANGED BY TREBS, BOMBARD CANNONS, KOREAN SIEGE ONAGERS, POST-IMP BOMBARD TOWERS, AND POST-IMP TEUTONIC CASTLE. THE SIEGE ONAGER IS A UNIT ALSO USED TO CUT THROUGH TREES ( THIS MAY COME IN HANDY ON BLACK FOREST MAP ).