Besides what's been mentioned, here's a few minor ones that really get up my craw.
Light Dragoons and reloading on horseback.
Light Dragoons are perfectly capable of reloading on horseback... if they are shooting at an enemy. Either directed or with fire at will. Move them away from enemy units and nothing you do can will make them reload on horseback. They'll sit there the entire battle, twiddling thumbs, until an enemy comes into range. Then they start reloading their empty muskets.Get them on foot and they reload just fine. If they can't reload on horseback, fine. Don't let them reload ever. If they CAN reload while horsed up, they should do so when idle.
Cannons and cease fire orders.
I've ordered cannons to cease fire while they were reloading, with fire at will turned off, and they still fire off a shot once loaded. Sometimes into their own horses or my line infantry, sometimes just at the ground. I can understand some justification for a slight delay but these cannons were reloading.I've nearly lost a general to this already.
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