Skirmishers & infantry formations
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 6:43 pm
I don't think that any game has ever got skirmishers quite right from this period - I think mostly because there are so many different doctrines.
How are you going to deal with the difference between specialist skirmishers - Voltigeurs, riflemen, Jagers, whose units pretty much only fought in open order, and 'part time' skirmishers - the light companies, which would rejoin the battalion for volley fire?
Are you going to provide a way to toggle between 2 and 4 ranks for the British regiments, who fought waterloo in 4, but usually liked to deploy in line of 2?
Thanks!
How are you going to deal with the difference between specialist skirmishers - Voltigeurs, riflemen, Jagers, whose units pretty much only fought in open order, and 'part time' skirmishers - the light companies, which would rejoin the battalion for volley fire?
Are you going to provide a way to toggle between 2 and 4 ranks for the British regiments, who fought waterloo in 4, but usually liked to deploy in line of 2?
Thanks!