Quote Originally Posted by Didz View Post
Nope! you definately can't unfix plug bayonets. I posted a warning about that earlier. Fixing plug bayonets turns you musketeers into expensive spearmen for the rest of the battle, and apparently thats working as intended.
when I first fixed plug bayonets, I had the same nasty shock so after the battle I read the description of the tech - definitely working as intended.

Quote Originally Posted by Didz View Post
However, 'wiggy' does say you can unfix socket bayonets, but I think he's wrong, for a start you don't have the option to fix them in the first place they just appear on the ends of your mens muskets, and secondly the button he says to press to unfix them doesn't exist. I suspect this was a feature CA decided to abandon by failed to tell the advisors about.
no. if you read the tech description in game, it makes it clear that the point of socket bayonets is that you don't need to fix and unfix them - your line infantry can shoot or melee with bayonets without having to fix/unfix bayonets. just switch them to melee mode and they'll stab away, switch melee off and they'll go back to shooting.

in general, i find the tooltips and right click for info pretty extensive in-game (which is a polite way of saying RTFM :