A New Patch, New Problems

[Didz]

Pirate ships now attack merchantmen on tradespots! Darn!!!

Yep! thats the first thing that happened to me post-patch, only in my case it wasn't the pirates but the Dutch trade fleet from the neighbouring trade port that attacked my trade fleet on its trade port. Took me a bit by surprise, I'd got used to trade ports being immune. What was worse was that the Dutch Trade Fleet consisted of one Fluyt, a sixth rate and a brig, whilst mine was just indiamen. Its certainly going to make the trade theatres a lot more lively now.

The only other thing I've noticed so far is that musketry seems to have got even less effective. but I'm not sure if thats the patch or the fact that I'm playing French.

[al Roumi]

The only other thing I've noticed so far is that musketry seems to have got even less effective. but I'm not sure if thats the patch or the fact that I'm playing French.

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.

I was playing Dutch on H, although the trade theatre shenannigans have spooked me a fair bit so I might play an aclimatising campaign as Prussia :)

[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