A New Patch, New Problems

[Didz]

Musketry isn't less effective, it's the units that have been downgraded. Militia now have an accuracy of 10! in V1.2 it was around 15-20. The same goes for line infantry, their drill (accuracy and reload) scores are now lower too -along the lines of Russian line inf from v1.2.

So it is the patch then?

I thought it was just a feature of the French Infantry, I just got charged and overrun by Dutch armed peasants who didn't even bother trying to fire. It was more like a battle from MTW, my infantry were using fire by ranks and not hitting a damned thing.

I think the modders will have to correct this as its gone too far the other way now. I was lucky in the Dutch battle that I still had a couple of the old pike units in my army and they managed to fight the armed mobs off.

[al Roumi]

I guess it's to make elite/guard units stand out more. In 1.2 and before a 3 chevron line infantry unit was more or less equivalent in reload and accuracy to a guard unit. Now it'll take about 5 chevrons (at a guess) to get line inf to guard level skills.

Given the changes to miltia, i worry for firelock armed citizenry. They'll only be usefull manning guns on a fort now!

[Marquis of Roland]

I thought it was just a feature of the French Infantry, I just got charged and overrun by Dutch armed peasants who didn't even bother trying to fire. It was more like a battle from MTW, my infantry were using fire by ranks and not hitting a damned thing.

In every TW game made, French infantry fails