I know this has become the thread for Season 9, but it would be good to check out other posts as well:
The Devs just announced that they listened to a lot of player requests, and that a balance patch will be made at some point, especially for broken cavalry, some balance for Abbasids, some more love for Springald, and even giving some extra to cannons against elephants (A new counter to elephants? Great!).
Nothing was mentioned about antisiege, so I guess it will stay the same. In my case, I like the new function of Springald. Or maybe, they gonna do many thing, if i could hypothesize:
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1).- Springald gonna have a little bonus aggainst siege. Not so powerful to obliterate siege like before, (were they killed mangos in 2 shots), but not so bad as now, (that need 44 shots). Maybe 6 shoots, or 9 shots?
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2).- Springald gonna have a Extra attack mode, wich shoot rocks instead of bolts, wich do siege damage (but little, like 6, or 8) and a lot of damage aggainst siege (but not as broken as before, but something would be enough)
That said, I feel that at least in third Age (III), antisiege is not necessary. But in Imperial Age (IV), maybe it is.
- I would suggest giving aggain the culverin an anti-siege role, and giving a smaller version to civs who don’t want to give it that much power (Demi-culverin, Saker) or making a better version for some civs (Basilisk).