I think lots of people suffer because they didn't play when the game first came out, and a single AC could melt rams and golems in a minute. If you were attacking something and were spotted, and that one person got on an AC, you might as well just bail. Now? ACs tickle at best, and do almost nothing to siege. No they hit for nothing when the game was released. Was about 8 months or even a year after release that they got their insane buff. Point is acs now dont matter to big blobs or decent size organised groups but they do screw over small havoc groups. Same with watchtower. Also screws over smaller groups of 5 or 10. The power of defensive siege is also the reason guilds have turned to open field fights. No one wants to spend 30 mins sieging a tower just to have the defenders run away when you break in. Remove all siege, keep oils cannons and rams only.