Light Infantry vs Line Infantry

[PBI]

Yes, I'm finding the same thing when positioning my Jaegers in front of my line infantry; my guys definitely do still take friendly fire from the line infantry. This occurs even if I am fighting against an all-melee opponent, so it is definitely FF.

I suspect what people are observing as the skirmishers being safe from friendly fire by ducking is actually the fact that most of the line infantry shots would go over their heads anyway even if standing or through the gaps in the formation.

The only way I've found to get two rows of units one in front of the other firing without friendly fire is favourable terrain (which, incidentally, is a very handy method of effectively doubling the firepower of that section of your line).

[Quillan]

Normal line infantry has a range of 70. Regular light infantry (and rangers in the Americas) are 80. Once you get the Mechanical Rifling tech, you can build units with a range of 125, though.

I've personally used LI to winkle out troops who have taken up inside fortified buildings, as I usually outrange them. I'll move the LI up to just within range and let them use their superior range and accuracy to cause casualties without an enemy response.

I haven't had to fight with them yet, but currently I have 2 units of Riflemen (Green Jackets) and one unit of Ferguson Riflemen defending Gibraltar in my campaign. I have 3 units of mortars inside, one unit of light dragoons, and the rest are line infantry.

[antisocialmunky]

I find that sitting them behind artillery units still works much better than putting them infront of your line infantry.

[a-e]

The problem is that light infrantry are ment to fire at the same rate/faster then line infranty, they fire at a third of the rate in the game. So edit them!