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    Default Re: The french don't have mortars? Ridiculous!

    They don't have musketeers, either. Last I checked the Three Musketeers were French!

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    Default Re: The french don't have mortars? Ridiculous!

    Quote Originally Posted by Daykeras
    They don't have musketeers, either. Last I checked the Three Musketeers were French!
    Happens outside the time period of the game, I'm afraid.

    Keep in mind that the "musket" was used until it was superceded by the rifle in the 19th century. Of course, those in the game are generally matchlock, but I think the Riters are using wheellock pistols.
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    It is probably done for balance, but this is actually a whole class of weapons. Every other french cannon type needs a line of sight; basicly the cannons are two classes and this is true even for the today artillery. Those which need line of sight (like todays anti-tank guns) and those which don't need line of sight.


    BTW - a miscalcualtion, which is true for all type of troops, not only for the artillery - it often happens to me the captain to be in an artillery unit. Meaning this artillery cannot use explosive shells simply because there is no icon for the special ability. Of course this happens with every other non-general unit.

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    @Handel, i always find that things go the other way - my general can't use the rally ability because he gets put in a cavalry unit with either the shooting circle or the wedge ability :(
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    Default Re: The french don't have mortars? Ridiculous!

    Surely it's only generals who can rally troops - not jumped up captains (hence your problems, Sapi)?

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    Just checked again. With trebuchets. This time the special ability appears instead of rally button. Maybe those cannons didin't have any special ability and that's why the rally button appeared.

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    Default Re: The french don't have mortars? Ridiculous!

    Cannons don't have a special ability, but I believe I've seen somewhere that they give morale to troops (like a standard).

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    Quote Originally Posted by HughTower
    Surely it's only generals who can rally troops - not jumped up captains (hence your problems, Sapi)?

    no, certain captains can use it
    it all depends on which unit is made the leader due to special abilities

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    Is it possibe to defend the castles with mortars form inside the walls against artillery? What is the range of the mortars? Due to the canon towers bug the castle towers never have canons, so they are absolutely defenceless against the enemy cannons.

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    Default Re: The french don't have mortars? Ridiculous!

    Quote Originally Posted by Daykeras
    They don't have musketeers, either. Last I checked the Three Musketeers were French!
    About 100 years later, and they were Dragoons.
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