I have noticed a lack of siege weapons, and lore for the ones that we already have! So in this thread I will give a couple of weapons that I think should be implemented into the lore (not the game). If the concept of this is accepted, I will gladly wright the lore :) Catapults I'm not sure if this is already in the lore, but I think it would be pretty awesome! If you don't know what a catapult is (or forgot) it is a large wooden contraption that throws massive rocks at walls (or large amounts or troops) to forcefully enter a castle. It uses rope tension in order to create massive amounts of energy. Trebuchets Very much similar to the catapult, the trebuchet uses a larger weight to launch said projectile. It is taller than the catapult making it weaker to strong winds, and a larger target to other siege weapons. It's main target is walls. Battering Ram The goal of this siege weapon is very simple: Use a large weight to break down the main gate, or a weak point in a wall. The Battering Ram takes several strikes to break down part of a wall, which makes it and it's users very weak to arrow fire and other siege weapons. Ballista Ballista's are pretty much a large crossbow. With it's primary target being enemy siege weapons/users they can kill them (users) with one shot. If worse comes to worse, it can also be used to pierce wood walls. It's arrows reach upwards of 3 feet, making it a menacing weapon. Hwacha The Hwacha resembles a cart with a large board on it's side attached to it. Holes are then cut in the board to load 'fire arrows'. Fire arrows are rocket propelled arrows. Much like fire works but with a punch. It's only target is archers and other siege weapon users. The Hwacha is a very deadly weapon, it's only weakness is it's in-accuracy. The Hwacha has been know to go 100 meters, if it hits. With approximately 75 fire arrows in a batch, you don't exactly have time for accuracy. The Hwacha simply relies on luck. Siege Tower The last of all siege weapons, the siege tower is a large tower rolling on 4 wheels. It's target is to get within a short distance of enemy walls, and open it's gate releasing troops on unsuspecting archers. The tower also can have archers in it to defend troops. Like a said before, if this concept is accepted, I will gladly wright the lore :D
:D Thank you, I will now check you off my "People who's houses I will burn down with the remnants of the dead baby dragon shells" list. Those who do not click the dragon eggs, BEWARE...
Apparently I'm an "everything-but-Direction" staff member these days :-P I like the concept and would welcome you to write up some lore regarding your idea. Simply read through the current lore and base your idea off that. Once you've completed the works then submit it to a lore staff member and they'll most likely take a look. (<--That isn't a promise, merely speculation on my part.)
http://www.massivecraft.com/lore When I say base your idea off it, I mean make it fit the current lore which is already released and try to put yourself in the shoes of both elves, orcs, humans and dwarves and so on to more properly determine if and or how reach race would wield such siege weapons or if they would even wield them at all.
I'm not a lore staff member so I'm not qualified to determine if the lore you write up is up to par with what may or may not be current. All I can say is that it makes me happy when players wish to spend their own time in contributing to MassiveCraft and making it a better place.
