Of course, if the shield-holding NPC is directly hit by the defender's ballistae, it will be killed. However, the hit rate of the ballistae is not high. The probability of directly hitting the shield-holding NPC is still very low. Most of the time, it passes through
Protective cover, directly shooting an alliance NPC to death.
But the power of the ballista also has its limit. If it penetrates the shield and kills another NPC, it will lose its power. At most, it will seriously damage the second target, and it is impossible to kill two birds with one stone.
There are still a lot of shield-wielding NPCs in the NPC coalition. In addition to the vanguard troops, there are also many shield-wielding NPCs in the long-range troops at the back.
However, the shield-holding NPCs in the long-range troops cannot always open the protective shield, because the protective shield is two-way and will also block internal long-range attacks, so it will only be opened at critical moments when it is covered by the defenders' long-range attacks.
Yun Xiaohan carefully discovered that the protective cover of the shield-wielding troops also had a CD time. The CD time was not short. He estimated that it was about 20-30 seconds. Once the protective cover was lifted, the defenders would still be under the protective cover.
The coalition forces can only resist the coverage attack launched within the CD time.
However, although the shield-holding NPC cannot open the protective cover, it can still use its shield and body to provide cover for friendly troops. Although the coverage range is far less than that of the protective cover, the effect is still good, and it is better than letting long-range troops be directly attacked.
Good blow.
As long as the shield-wielding NPCs are not subjected to large-scale fire, they still have a chance to survive. If they can survive, treating the NPCs can help increase their health, but the same cannot be said for long-range NPCs. If they take a few more hits, they will not be able to withstand it.
Once dead, the healing NPC will be useless.
After seeing the performance of shield-wielding NPCs, Yun Xiaohan felt that shield-wielding professions played a very important role in wars. Although their PK capabilities were weak, they lacked output, and they basically had no long-range capabilities. They had many shortcomings, but they could provide friendly forces with
Protection is an essential part of large army operations.
Players cannot yet learn this kind of protective shield skill, but it will be hard to say in the future. And even if this large-scale military protective shield skill can only be used by NPCs, the shield-wielding professions among players must also have other small-scale defensive skills.
, for example, the equipment effect 3 of [Flashdance Giant Shield] can cover all friendly forces within a 10-yard semicircle from the side and rear.
It seems that he still needs to pay more attention to the shield-wielding profession, relax the recruitment requirements, whether it is recruiting individual people directly, or poaching, and recruit more shield-wielding professions to join the guild. After all, it is a scarce resource, even if it is a half-hearted shield-wielding profession.
It's not that it can't be considered.
When the vanguard of the NPC coalition was still some distance away from the city, the 20 catapults of the NPC coalition also entered the attack range and took the lead in showing off their power.
After all, the NPC coalition is protected by a protective shield, but the defenders do not have an organized shield-wielding NPC, so there is no protective shield. Needless to say, the defenders who were directly hit by the stone bullets thrown by the catapults must be sure.
In terms of death, the ricochet formed after the stone bomb hits the ground is more threatening, and can often kill more defenders. Even the gravel that pops up after the stone bomb hits the ground can cause considerable damage.
Although the catapults caused a lot of damage to the defenders, they did not cause much damage to the city walls. Although the walls of the city of Gloria were small and short, they were quite strong and stood firm under the attack of the catapults.
Of course, this may also be because the coalition catapults are not powerful enough and are not high-end catapults; or this optional plot has greatly strengthened the walls of Gloria City. After all, the number of defenders can increase.
It is normal for the city wall to become stronger.
Next, the long-range troops of the coalition army also entered the shooting range. The long-range troops of the coalition army were less than one-third of the total number. The ratio of archer soldiers to mage soldiers was almost 5:1, and the skills of the mage soldiers were many.
That said, they are all relatively common active attack skills.
The coalition's long-range troops did not start attacking immediately after entering the range, but continued to move forward and spread out the array.
But the space under the east gate city is limited after all. If you are too far from the city gate, you cannot hit it. If you are too close to the city gate, the angle is not enough. Moreover, a certain amount of space is needed to draw a bow, shoot an arrow, and cast spells. You cannot stand too densely so that the defenders can attack at will.
Therefore, although the NPC coalition has been deployed at full strength, there are not many players coming to interfere, and there are only less than 5,000 remote NPCs that can launch attacks.
In this way, these NPCs are still very densely located, and because "Decision" is just a game after all, no matter how realistic it is, it cannot be the same as real war.
If these remote NPCs are replaced by players, there can be at least twice as many players. Players are just players. They are not as particular about queues as NPCs, and deliberately widen the distance and space.
But having said that, it may be because there is not enough distance and space that the player's long-range attack effect is greatly reduced. Although there is no basis for this speculation, Yun Xiaohan feels that the possibility is still very high.
After the long-range troops of the NPC coalition were fully deployed, they began to attack the defenders on the city wall. As soon as they took action, Yun Xiaohan immediately discovered the pattern.
These long-range NPCs and archers all use projectile attacks, as do the mage soldiers. They use spells with obvious attack trajectories. What's more illustrative is that the trajectories of these spells are also parabolic, but the spells are affected by
The influence of gravity is small, and the parabola is relatively flat.
If only some NPCs do this, it can be explained that they only have this type of skill, but if they all do this, it means that only in this way can they deal higher damage.
Seeing this scene, Yun Xiaohan confirmed his previous thoughts, and the damage caused by the NPC coalition's long-range attack further proved the correctness of this thought.
The players had been shooting for a long time before, but not many of the defenders on the city wall died, and no one even tried to avoid the attack. However, the NPC coalition only shot for two rounds, and a large area of the city wall died, and some of them had relatively low health.
The defenders also took the initiative to retreat to the city, or began to look for cover or dodge when long-range attacks fell.
At this time, the advance guard of the NPC coalition also arrived at the city gate, and they directly pushed the ladder truck over.
The ladder truck dispatched by the coalition forces this time is a relatively simple version, mainly composed of three parts: the bottom is equipped with wheels and can be moved; the ladder body can be tilted up and down, carried by manpower, and rested on the city wall; the top of the ladder is equipped with a
Hook-shaped object is used to hook the edge of the city and protect the head of the ladder from being pushed back and destroyed by the defenders.
Although the NPC coalition only carried a total of 5 ladder trucks this time, and the others were ordinary double-legged ladders, these 5 ladder trucks could make it easier for the attacking soldiers to climb the city wall. Compared with the double-legged ladders that could be pushed down at any time,
Foot ladders and ladder trucks are actually much safer and more reliable.