If this is similar to another topic and can be merged, please feel free @Geoffers747 and @SteveAdamo . So, my suggestion was that you can customize the way ranged weapons work. So, let’s say that you have a catapult, and it’s somewhat weak… you can directly modify it yourself! (This could be done be…

Like an iron catapult arms make it throw more stones, but since its heavier, not as far? This is a really good idea for more modular creations in game. Also, making them throw a single large stone, or a pile of many stones, or a diseased cow. Different ammo types would also add more variation.

I agree. There should also be multiple different ammo types.

Diseased cow? I’m liking this. In medieval warfare, they flung diseased corpses of plague victims over the city walls. We need Stonehearth biological warfare!

These things can also be said to be done to other ranged units, such as bowmen/crossbowmen, or even non-ranged units like swordsmen and spearmen. While you are trying to focus on ranged units, also think about some other implementations as well.

[image] Swift_Cube: We need Stonehearth biological warfare! YES! Quick! make this thread!

I would be all sorts of in agreement, and perhaps in a fantasy whatever we make the rule wek make them… but in reality have you seen the latest punkin chunkin contests? There is a veritable army of people making any kind of catapult. If you are looking for how different ranges and weights affect the…

[image] Monti: have you seen the latest punkin chunkin contests i’ve enjoyed watching these competitions for the past several years… the ingenuity and engineering (often) on display makes me feel simultaneously awed by their abilities, and scared for our future as a species… :smile:

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SteveAdamo December 8, 2013, 12:21am 6

well, we have this thread, which touches on catapults and other ranged weapons… but you thread is more on the customization of said weapons, as opposed to their inclusion in general…

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