Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-26122855-20160303222240/@comment-26122855-20160304231617

AlteOgre wrote: Assuming ballista bolts can be retrieved and their impact damage is obviously way higher than that of a man-launched spear (150-200%-ish) ... I don't think that would be too costly. One may question the lore-friendlyness of ballista's however, and their meaningfulness as a siege weapon in minecraft gameplay ... my guess is they're not highest on the prio list for siege engine implementation.

I see no objections against faction specific crafting tables as requirement to craft ballista bolts. In sieges they would've been used to attack the men on the walls or incoming infantry, it would also be a very good weapon for defending with. But no it's not that important.

There's nothing wrong with the faction specific bolts but then that opens up for a lot of faction specific weapons and slot more coding. Some factions would need their own wepaons like the Gondor trebuchet and Orc siege towers.