Fire by rank vs Platoon fire

[AussieGiant]

Hoom is absolutely correct. The whole point of platoon fire was that the right hand platoon fired again as soon as it was loaded. French eyewitness accounts reported that the platoon fire from a British Regiment seemed to flow along the line from its right as each platoon fired in sequence.

However, the firing was continuous the right hand platoon fired again as soon as it was ready, even if all the platoons had not yet completed their first volley. Thus in a large battalion there might be two waves of fire progressing along the line.

That's the exact description I have in my mind.

Rippling up and down the line is a continuous level of fire. After the first volley no one can really see anything so there is a much greater level of suppression (as FK has stated) rather than the selection of targets.

It should also produce a steady level of casualties over the course of a few minutes of fire and certainly no less than rank fire.

With better soldier animation and implementation, we should see this work in the next patch or two.

The basics are there already.