Artillery Observation Question
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:30 am
I am not sure if this is an issue or merely a reflection of the numbers and not a complaint. My friends and I play multi-corps three hour battles every Thursday, typically 3-4 corps versus the ANV. We reduced batteries in the Union corps down to 4 batteries each. Two Napolean and two 3in or 10 pdr Parrot or one each parrot and 3in. This was to increase the challenge. Something we noticed over the last couple of fights that seems odd, maybe not. The score received by the 3in and 1Opdr Parrot batteries was almost always double or triple the score of the 12pd Napolean batteries. Of the four corps we fought with last night I, III, VI, and XII the doubling of the score held true across each corps regardless of how many points were scored by the artillery. VI Corps had almost 3500 points scored by artillery and it was distributed across the batteries the same as XII Corps that only had about 500 total points. The 3in and 10pdrs had at least double or triple the score of the Napolean batteries.
I, III, and VI corps had lovely fields of fire and engaged multiple divisions with all batteries firing from the saem location into the same engagement area and we all moved batteries around. I tend to move Napoleans to areas where reb infantry were thickest and closest to take advantage of canister. Even with that the 3in and 10pdrs clearly outperformed the 12pdrs.
I looked at the various tables and do not see anything very obvious that would cause this. Anybody notice this before or have numbers as to why this might be occuring? Maybe it is correct? We have not altered any of the artillery tables.
One last thing, can we get games to last indefinitely instead of cutting off at a score or at three hours?
I, III, and VI corps had lovely fields of fire and engaged multiple divisions with all batteries firing from the saem location into the same engagement area and we all moved batteries around. I tend to move Napoleans to areas where reb infantry were thickest and closest to take advantage of canister. Even with that the 3in and 10pdrs clearly outperformed the 12pdrs.
I looked at the various tables and do not see anything very obvious that would cause this. Anybody notice this before or have numbers as to why this might be occuring? Maybe it is correct? We have not altered any of the artillery tables.
One last thing, can we get games to last indefinitely instead of cutting off at a score or at three hours?