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there are many other types of equipment that saw use on the medieval battlefield these three were the dominating equipment of the time. There have been several other games that have employed siege as one of the central foci of their pvp experience, most notably Dark Age of Camelot, and Guild Wars 2. Both of these games provided the option of several types of siege equipment. Elder Scrolls Online has a wide variety of siege equipment available to the player. They include: • • • • • • Battering Rams Ballista Catapults Trebuchet Forward Camps Fire Pots Several of these offer variations including stone projectiles, firepots, and lightning bolts, all of which provide unique damage capabilities. You can, for example, buy a stone trebuchet, a firepot trebuchet or a lightning blast trebuchet and equip them for use. Forward camps are a nice addition in ESO and provide the players with a remote respawn point. This can be a great advantage since running across the battleground on foot can take over 30 minutes from edge to edge. They are however limited to 25 player uses and then they disappear, unless repairs are performed. In some other