From cf4f7d18a754c29c29cb8f1e37a76d762cf3fe11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alpha123 <alpha123@wildfiregames.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:30:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Buff catapults slightly.

- Add 'Siege' to the RestrictedClasses of towers, wall towers, and
fortresses. A fortress by itself should not be able to shoot down a
catapult, it should require some defense. This also nerfs building a ton
of towers and fortresses, which was previously very difficult to
penetrate and led to long, boring wars of attrition.
- Increase armor from 2h/10p/5c to 2h/30p/10c (matches siege rams).
- Increase attack from 30h/0p/30c to 0h/20p/35c. Would like to add techs
to increase damage further.
- Reduce splash damage to 0h/15p/30c from 40h/0p/40c.
- Increase maximum range from 68 to 75. May increase this more or add
techs.
Motivation is that siege catapults are relatively weak late-game, as
they have great difficulting penetrating fortified positions, leading to
both sides turtling. Additionally, this makes them roughly as strong as
siege rams, having less damage output than rams but having the ability
to attack from a distance. This balances out the civs without rams and
gives the ones with both rams and catapults an additional choice to
make.

This was SVN commit r14174.
---
 ...emplate_structure_defense_defense_tower.xml |  1 +
 .../template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml  |  1 +
 .../template_structure_military_fortress.xml   |  1 +
 .../template_unit_mechanical_siege_onager.xml  | 18 +++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_defense_tower.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_defense_tower.xml
index 6b6925e68d..3679cd9317 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_defense_tower.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_defense_tower.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
       <RepeatTime>2000</RepeatTime>
       <Spread>1.5</Spread>
       <PreferredClasses datatype="tokens">Organic</PreferredClasses>
+      <RestrictedClasses datatype="tokens">Siege</RestrictedClasses>
     </Ranged>
   </Attack>
   <BuildingAI>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
index 7ad7eb80bf..8d2c1a6974 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_defense_wall_tower.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <RepeatTime>2000</RepeatTime>
       <Spread>1.5</Spread>
       <PreferredClasses datatype="tokens">Organic</PreferredClasses>
+      <RestrictedClasses datatype="tokens">Siege</RestrictedClasses>
     </Ranged>
   </Attack>
   <BuildingAI>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_military_fortress.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_military_fortress.xml
index c3e276cbd5..7f02d93e64 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_military_fortress.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_structure_military_fortress.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
       <RepeatTime>2000</RepeatTime>
       <Spread>1.5</Spread>
       <PreferredClasses datatype="tokens">Organic</PreferredClasses>
+      <RestrictedClasses datatype="tokens">Siege</RestrictedClasses>
     </Ranged>
   </Attack>
   <BuildingAI>
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_unit_mechanical_siege_onager.xml b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_unit_mechanical_siege_onager.xml
index 391a3f07fd..01cb9f5619 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_unit_mechanical_siege_onager.xml
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/templates/template_unit_mechanical_siege_onager.xml
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 <Entity parent="template_unit_mechanical_siege">
   <Armour>
     <Hack>2</Hack>
-    <Pierce>10</Pierce>
-    <Crush>5</Crush>
+    <Pierce>30</Pierce>
+    <Crush>10</Crush>
   </Armour>
   <Attack>
     <Ranged>
-      <Hack>30.0</Hack>
-      <Pierce>0.0</Pierce>
-      <Crush>30.0</Crush>
-      <MaxRange>68</MaxRange>
+      <Hack>0.0</Hack>
+      <Pierce>20.0</Pierce>
+      <Crush>35.0</Crush>
+      <MaxRange>75</MaxRange>
       <MinRange>12.0</MinRange>
       <ProjectileSpeed>28.0</ProjectileSpeed>
       <PrepareTime>5000</PrepareTime>
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
         <Shape>Circular</Shape>
         <Range>8</Range>
         <FriendlyFire>true</FriendlyFire>
-        <Hack>40.0</Hack>
-        <Pierce>0.0</Pierce>
-        <Crush>40.0</Crush>
+        <Hack>0.0</Hack>
+        <Pierce>15.0</Pierce>
+        <Crush>30.0</Crush>
       </Splash>
     </Ranged>
   </Attack>