Talk:Heated Shot (Age of Empires II)/@comment-65.28.183.104-20190802060649

During timeline for AoE II, roughly 400 AD-1600 AD, first catapaults hurling solid rocks, then cannon shooting solid cannonballs were the main 'heavy gun' weapons. Unlike later cannonballs which were filled with explosives, the ones from this time period were solid metal or stone. As the icon suggests, Heated Shot is heating those projectiles until they are white hot and then firing them. Whether stone or metal, launched by a catapault or cannon, a large, white-hot projectile lodging in a wooden ship was sure to cause a fire.