OBILIQUE Left and OBILIQUE right

[zenozigaganbottom]

Yea, I use those buttons quite a lot. In fact I think that those kinds of keys make the game's maneuverability very high qualty. I am very impressed in that respect. But still..... (bigger maps guys!)

[BOSTON]

It's apparent that the Obilique buttons are used, as well as side shift, they do offer more flexibility to maneuver than the previous games, also they are not included in any other period type game that I know of.

What I had in mind when starting this thread was; Would it be feasible to ask NSD Team to add the left and right (line) Refuse Command?, a stationary command that did not require movement except when under attack (engaged). A command that would predetermine a regs movement (fallback let's say) at a specified obiliqued angle, so as to not be caught up in unnecesary wheeling between flanking enemy regs. A command that could be issued at Brigade level or to individual regs. I'm not sure how it was implimented in real life at the time of CW, regardless, it was a command available at that time.

BOSTON

edit; Journal of a graduate student in military history and the American Civil War
Military History Word of the Day: “Refuse”
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Refuse
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Military. to bend or curve back (the flank units of a military force) so that they face generally to the flank rather than the front.

[cliometrician]

I use the lateral movement keys frequently, the oblique movement rarely. And yes, I would love to have a refuse left/right command.