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

I've seen several posts about this lately and I know it is planned sometime in the future. I plan to clarify what an actual Seige weapon is and what it would do in the mod. And what kind of weapons that would've existed in this time IRL

There would be two separate tables, Seige Engine Crafting Table and the Seige Weapon Crafting Table. Seige engines are weapons but in my idea they would be the things used on buildings but would still hurt players if an unfortunate someone got hit by it.
 * Seige Crafting Tables

For the flailing weapons there would be boulders or Catapult Balls. The ball would be like this on a crafting table, the small one would be 4 cobblestone in a crafting table (same recipe for brick things just with cobblestone). The Medieum Ball would be 4 Light Balls in the same recipe, and same with the Heavy Ball but with 4 Mediums, all recipes would give you one ball. Flaming balls would've been soaked in oil before an attack or it would've been 2 halves of a stone that had oil poured in the middle and then sealed up, it would be lit before being shot and upon impact fire would go everywhere but unless oil gets added it a flaming ball would be sulphur in the center of a crafting table surrounded by either coal or cobblestone. If wanted there would be an explosive shot crafted by placing 4 saltpeter and 4 sulphur around 1 gunpowder but since Mevans has made it clear he doesn't want good facs to have bombs this is unlikely.
 * Ordnance
 * Bolts: these would be used in mainly Balistas and could also be set on fire in the mod it would be made just like a crossbow bolt but instead would have a wood planks (of any type) instead of a stick and would give you 4 . To make a flaming one and since we don't have cloth a bolt would be made with a piece of paper in a table with it or some wool.

Siege Weapons and Engines A trebuchet is basically a rod on a fulcrum with a sac on one end and a weight on the other. It would be used to hurl large stones or flaming balls into fortresses. Could be crafted with beams and would have leather which would be where the projectile would go and then either a rock or an iron block. It would shoot light and medium shots and flame shot. Would be more for attacking groups of players instead of buildings and wouldn't do much damage to blocks but still could do some.
 * The Trebuchet, Classification: Seige Weapon/Engine

Catapults used rope that was on a crank and gear and men would turn the crank and pull the rope taught, after loading the projectile the block holding the gear in place would be removed and send the ball flying. They could've had wheels but it is impractical and in the mod they will not. They would be made of wooden planks, some string, and a bit of iron. It would have moderate range and can shoot small,medium, and flaming shot. Would do average damage to blocks and buildings and flaming shot would send fire everywhere so could also be good against hordes or players or npcs.
 * Catapult, Classification: Siege Engine

There are two types of onagers standard and heavy, I'll start with standard. Onagers were invented by the Romans and were bassicslly massive catapults put bigger and stronger, this will be the most elite seige engine in the mod. It would do great damage to buildings and 1 hit players if they don't have armor and are hit directly. It's made of wood and iron. The Heavy Onager does immense damage to anything it hits, blocks breaking everywhere and enemy forces are nothing but a bloody puddle. It can shoot 4 small shot, 2 medium and 1 large. To load multiples simply right click the bucket multiple times. It would be made completely of iron. (thats not historically accurate and wouldn't look like it was made of iron, they were just reinforced with metal). Both onager types can shoot all types of shot but only the heavy can do multi shot.
 * Onagers, Classification:Seige Engine

Balistas are essentially giant crossbows also invented by the Romans except the Romans had 2 distinct versions. The standard and repeating. The repeater was the first kind of semi-automatic weapon and had something similar to a magazine. They would only be affective on mobs and players and bolts are retreavble (unless they flameing) you get one shot on a standard but it's the on,y one that can shoot flaming bolts which act like fire arrows but more dmg. Repeating uses a magazine that you have to separately craft and to load a magazine you surround it with bolts in a crafting table. Ballistas are crafts with planks, sticks, and wood, save the repeating.
 * Ballistas, Classification: Siege Weapon

Some factions can have special lore like models like gondors epic dual shot trebuchet which would be made on their crafting table, and some of the other orc things. I will get on MC sometime and get some materials and put them on a crafting table to show you some of the recipes. Battering ram is a given and Seige towers have already gotten an extensive discussion. There would not be cannons, that doesn't fit lore at all and I won't suggest it. 