Charge in a single rank!

**BERSERK_Yas** · 10-13-2006, 10:56

I'm sorry if this was ever discussed before.

I miss cavs' beautiful charges in a single rank.

Some like:

What's up with that formation?

**Prince of the Poodles** · 10-13-2006, 11:03

As far as I know you can spread your cav to 2 ranks in the demo. Im not sure about 1 rank though.

I remember in MTW, the biggest found "cheat" was spreading your troops in one line and clipping the enemy with one end causing an unfair amount of death... i cant remember the name of it, but it was fixed in VI or a patch or something.

**Peasant Phill** · 10-13-2006, 12:18

it was called the swipe bug. The cav unit would fold around the flanks of the receiving end of your charge without losing speed and thus slamming in to the flanks and rear still at top speed.

**CBR** · 10-13-2006, 12:40

Actually the bug was that as long as the center banner man did not get engaged, everyone else in the unit continued too causing an infinite charge bonus. There was no need to actually attack but just let the unit run and done correctly one could wipe out enemy units in an instant.

It was introduced with the MTW 1.1 patch and removed in the VI 2.01 patch.

Since RTW it has not been possible to drag out a unit in less than 2 ranks.

CBR

**Kraxis** · 10-13-2006, 16:31

Originally Posted by CBR

Actually the bug was that as long as the center banner man did not get engaged, everyone else in the unit continued too causing an infinite charge bonus. There was no need to actually attack but just let the unit run and done correctly one could wipe out enemy units in an instant.

Which tended to make battles a haphasard thing if both sides attempted it. Who would swipe who... All down to luck.