Grenadiers... Grenades?

**PanzerJaeger** · 02-21-2009, 13:13

I used them on 4 different American units and routed them all.

Overpowered.

This could be a big deal in mp, among other things....

**ArtillerySmoke** · 02-21-2009, 13:22

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I used them on 4 different American units and routed them all.

Overpowered.

This could be a big deal in mp, among other things....

I hope we're not looking at "all grenadier armies" just spamming grenades all over the place.

**Polemists** · 02-21-2009, 13:24

arn't they short ranged though?

I mean couldn't a group of rifle/musket men just gun them down? or calvary run them down?

**Abokasee** · 02-21-2009, 13:26

Grenades are accurate for this time period, sure they were big heavy steel balls with string fuse bu they were grenades, but the troops using them had to be very large people (Hence the Potsdam Grenadiers)

**TB666** · 02-21-2009, 13:33

Originally Posted by Abokasee

Grenades are accurate for this time period, sure they were big heavy steel balls with string fuse bu they were grenades, but the troops using them had to be very large people (Hence the Potsdam Grenadiers)

Indeed.

So far I haven't actually used them.
Using the simple musket fire and cavalry charge to the flank is a too much of a effective method for me to bother bring up the grenadiers close enough to throw their grenades.
I suppose they would be very useful during seiges however.

**Polemists** · 02-21-2009, 13:51

Yes I guess that is another point of view, you don't have to use the gernades if you don't want to. Of course when you fight against enemies with gernades in mp and sp campaign you may want to.

**Sir Beane** · 02-21-2009, 20:03

I just played a battle in which I used Grenadiers. They are extremely fun, and not overpowered at all. A grenade barrage does about as much damage as a decent musket volley, perhaps a little more. They're just a fun addition that adds variety.

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-21-2009, 20:32

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

I used them on 4 different American units and routed them all.

Overpowered.

This could be a big deal in mp, among other things....

How did you use them? Flanking? There are much more efficient ways to flank a unit than with grenades.

For my part, I just bayonet-charged my unit of guards with the grenadiers trailing behind tossing grenades into the melee. I could've just flanked the enemy with cavalry, but grenades are more fun.