Capturing.....?

[Martok]

Do you think there will be any other 'capturing' opportunities? I am thinking specifically about the artillery pieces as I believe during this period they were prized second only to capturing enemy standards. If you take the enemy guns can you use them yourself?

Also would there be a way that if you take the enemy standard this becomes an achievement for that particular regiment, or commander? Instant promotion if it's being led by a captain?

Both excellent ideas, pdoyle007 (capturing enemy artillery and enemy standards). Would love to see something like this in Empire.

By the way, a belated welcome to the Org!

I quite like that idea; artillery being very expensive to manufacture, but able to be captured rather than destroyed. My understanding is that one of the measures of success in battles at the time was how many guns were taken from the enemy.

That's also my understanding, although again my knowledge of the period is somewhat limited. At the very least, I know that capturing enemy artillery pieces was important during both the American Revolution and American Civil War, so I would guess that the same likely applied to other major battles/wars as well.