Fire by Rank

[AussieGiant]

Hi there all,

A question.

I'm playing the final Napoleon Campaign and was wondering if anyone uses the "Fire by Rank" skill? I found it to be too slow and prefer to spread my battalions out into 2 thin lines and let them fire as fast as they can.

Can anyone provide some insight into this skill and whether it works for you?

I see the Prussian's and other nations are quite good at it but the French don't seem to be.

[Monsieur Alphonse]

Fire by rank is no longer available in NTW. CA has removed that. In stead the units fire a lot faster now. I also use two lines when relying on firepower. When I expect a mêlée I use three or four ranks.

[AussieGiant]

You've jogged my memory Monsieur Alphonse. It's the Fire and Advance button, that's the thing I'm talking about.

[Fisherking]

Same here.

What you have is fire and advance, which is said to work well, but just not for me.

You are supposed to auto charge when you select a target but I have not had it work right yet.

[AussieGiant]

yeah, the fire and advance does not work well for me FK.

[The Stranger]

it works but a bit slow. they march fire once and then charge. but they dont fire constantly while marching which i assume is they should be doing. if it works properly it is a great ability. i ussually dont use. but thats because i play more defensively.

[Graphic]

I use one of the mods that disables Fire and Advance alltogether. The AI can't handle it at all and it really bungles up battles once they get it researched.

[AussieGiant]

Thanks for the responses guy's. It's clear I wont use it and will stick with the two deep lines for firepower or 4 to 5 deep lines for punching holes through a line.

Cheers

[antisocialmunky]

I use one of the mods that disables Fire and Advance alltogether. The AI can't handle it at all and it really bungles up battles once they get it researched.

Link?