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Melee siege weapons - what are everyone’s thoughts?

After playing a long game with Assyria on a medium sized coastal rain basin map, I’ve decided I really dislike their unique units and all other melee siege units, primarily due to how absolutely slowly they trundle across the map.

Once in place they can be devastating, but due to their lack of movement and the inability to build or use roads in enemy or newly captured (anarchic) territory, they usually arrive on the scene well after the city has been captured.

What am I missing?