Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-31507215-20170314002708

I have some suggestions as to how you might make siege weapons. I read the Forum Rules and Code of Conduct, and I know you are not supposed to ask about siege weapons being added, but as far as I can tell, suggestions and specifications are OK.

I apologize in advance if I am wrong. If that is in fact the case, I will have no objections to moderators or admins removing this thread. My only request is that I be notified.

In this thread, I will mostly be talking about Ballistas/Siege Crossbows and Mangonels/Catapults. As far as I can tell, most of my suggestions are largely built on principles already in Minecraft, or the LotR Mod.

Both of the weapons would be built out of blocks, and would become entities when they are fully built, like Snow Golems from Vanilla Minecraft.

The blocks themselves would be built on a crafting table, possibly specifically for siege weapons.

The ballista would fire spears at a higher velocity than they could be thrown by an entity or dispenser, and therefore do more damage, but take more durability.

The catapult would throw blocks, possibly in the same way as Hill-Trolls, that would land and create Area of Effect damage. It could be loaded with different blocks to give different effects - such as loading it with stone to do virtually the same thing as Hill-Troll rocks, or loading it with Iron to do more damage and have a wider Area of Effect, or even possibly loaded with (low power?) Orc Bombs!

These are the basics of my idea, and I have more specific thoughts, but I don't want to spend tons of time on posting something that might just get removed, if you take my meaning! :)  If I find proof, or am told that it is okay, I will gladly add more!

Thanks! 