General Tactics

[Tomisama]

Some things I hope you will enjoy.

BBC Animated Map: Battle of Trafalgar

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british...rafalgar.shtml


18TH CENTURY FRENCH DRUMMING

INTRODUCTION

http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/search/HE09-3.htm

And if you have time.

DRUMMERS IN THE GARRISON

http://fortress.uccb.ns.ca/search/HE09-12.htm

I never had any idea how important drummers were

[ConnMon]

A quick question on the topic of how units will fire, it was stated that there will be a button to initiate firing, right? So I'm wondering if you have to keep pressing the button or will they keep firing until giving the order to stop?

[CBR]

A quick question on the topic of how units will fire, it was stated that there will be a button to initiate firing, right? So I'm wondering if you have to keep pressing the button or will they keep firing until giving the order to stop?

Although no details are out I doubt CA have removed the standard fire at will ability.


CBR

[Fondor_Yards]

You can either use the normal fire at will option, or have it so they only fire when you chose, IE a close range full barrage.

[Ishmael]

i think ill leave it late in a custom battle or two, simply so i can see dead horses clobbering my men (to use the CA persons example).
That said, does anybody know what a good range is to shoot on level ground? For that matter, what were the accurate ranges of the guns at the time (yes, i know thats on the site somewhere, but i cant be bothered to trawl the forum)?

[CBR]

i think ill leave it late in a custom battle or two, simply so i can see dead horses clobbering my men (to use the CA persons example).
That said, does anybody know what a good range is to shoot on level ground? For that matter, what were the accurate ranges of the guns at the time (yes, i know thats on the site somewhere, but i cant be bothered to trawl the forum)?

In real life waiting until the enemy was within 50 meters or less you had a good chance at stopping or even routing the enemy with just one salvo. Generally the closer the better and depending on quality of unit.

But of course guns had much longer range and units could try to do a slow advance with individual platoons firing and the rest marching a bit forward, then another platoon fires etc and they would start at perhaps 200+ meters with that.

Tests of muskets showed they were not as inaccurate as some people thinks. At 50 meters range one could expect to hit a target (a badly made musket would be worse of course) and units firing at large targets could achieve hit rates of several % at 300 meters. But that was peacetime tests and there was a big difference between that and the realities of the battlefield.


CBR

[Polemists]

I think as another player stated it is a good system.

On the one hand, some of us don't want to have to keep clicking to fire, and on the other hand, there are advantages to holding your fire.

I assume this will be similiar to MTW with fire at will button (if you want automatic fire) a halt button (to hold fire) and probably a third button for fire.

You could do this in MTW2 you just had hit fire at will when the enemy was where you wanted them, though it wasn't as advantegous.

I'm more curious about urban assualt regarding the garrisoned buildings.

In one screenshot/video I saw a cannon shot took out a house a bunch of men were garrisoned in. While true enough, it makes me think that people will just blow up every building in sight with the cannon before entering lol.

So i'm hoping there is some damaged building mecanic or something.

Like you can garrison your men in the barrack or something, that way if enemy wants it they have to take it the hard way

[pdoyle007]

If you turn a house to rubble is the rubble then something to be used and hidden behind?
The 'hold fire' option would be interesting if you were garrisoning a house, wait till the enemy are walking past then 'BOOM' with a full company's worth