Quote Originally Posted by AussieGiant View Post
Keep in mind gentlemen, CA have said there are such things as "breached cannons" which did happen in the real world and is represented in the game.

While watching one of my 4 howitzer batteries I noticed what Didz described earlier.

BOOM, a whole bunch of body parts, horses and timber went in all directions for no apparent reason.

I sat there is silence thinking that the end of me using artillery in the game, then I realised...

...fouled shot, game over for that crew.

Them's the breaks for arty crews.
In the case that I described the gun did not blow up, but instead blew cannister at about a 135 degree angle to the barrel rearward through the ranks of the dragoons on their flank. Then the gun went back to firing normally. I didn't realize it but I have another instance of this happening recorded on a battle replay. In this instance it happens twice with the same gun taking 4 or 5 dragoons the first time with a solid shot and then about 20 the next time with cannister. In both cases the gun is pointing and firing at an enemy directly forward of its position.

I guess I simply will not park my cavalry so close in the future, but what I described is definitely another artillery glitch that I can't believe the developers intended.


Cheers