SEIGE CRAFT

There are three different types of siege weapons: the ballista, the battering ram, and the catapult.

Ballista: used to take out enemy siege weapons from a distance

Catapult: used to do area effect damage to enemy players, doors, siege equipment, although it is less accurate

Battering Ram: used to take down gates, doors, or enemy siege equipment. Extremely short range.

Once you have acquired a "siege weapon" (via the siegecraft skill, see below), use "/control" to assume control of it. Anyone who has the siegecraft crafting skill will be able to assume control of a siege engine. In the future, additional classes will have this ability as well. Only one person can be in control of a siege weapon at a time.

Once you have assumed control, a window will be displayed with siege engine options on it:

Aim

To aim a ballista or battering ram, first select the target. In the case of a battering ram, usually a door is selected. If it is a ballista, another siege weapon is usually selected. In the case of a catapult, use the area targeting key (F5 by default) to select the area that you want to damage. Then click the "Aim" button. This locks the siege weapon on to the target. Arm

Use this button to put the siege weapon in the "ready to fire" position. This could take anywhere from 15-30 seconds, depending on the siege weapon. Load

For Ballistas and Catapults, you must load appropriate ammo before firing. You do this by first directly dropping ammo from your inventory onto the siege weapon, then selecting the ammo you wish to fire out of the list of ammo in the siege control window and clicking the "load" button. Battering Rams do not require ammo. Fire Fires the siege weapon.

THE CRAFT

An early version of Siegecraft is in this version. Rams, Ballistae, and Catapults may be built using the Siegecraft skill, all are difficulty 1 recipes for now, so anyone who has joined a Craft Order may make them.

To make a ram, approach close to a Door and have Cladding, 2 Swing Harnesses, a Ram Beak, and 625 pieces of Elm wood. Bring up your Siegecraft menu and select the Small Ram.

To make a Ballista, have a Gimbal, 2 Torsion Cables, Spring Arms, and 750pieces of Elm wood.

To make a Catapult, you need a Bucket, Arm Cushion, Winding Crank, Counterweight, Pivot, and 1200 pieces of Elm wood.