Post by pathdoc on Dec 3, 2017 16:02:52 GMT
The light infantry are described as: "Maintain high movement in various terrains. High shot accuracy, low defense."
The first is of course not true out of the box, and may relate to an early beta version of the game in which all infantry did not have the Geography skill OR in which hex movement was calculated differently. However, it becomes true if a general - tavern, starting or academy - with even one movement item is assigned, as it then has nine movement points and can shift three hexes.
"Low defense" is obviously true, as they have less health for single, double and triple formation than the corresponding line infantry.
But where does "High shot accuracy" come in? I see two possibilities.
The first is that it relates to their minimum hit. The Russian light infantry, for example, have a hit range of 3 to 6, as opposed to 1 to 6 (militia) and 1 to 7 (line infantry). Their average roll for feeding into the damage formula is usually going to be 4 or 5 (extremes happen less often), with beneficial consequences over the course of multiple engagements (which is why I believe that +1 minimum hit skills may actually be more beneficial than is evident on the surface).
The second possibility is that they have (some variant of) the bugle skill built in (deprive damage evasion in terrain), which would be absolutely awesome.
Thoughts, anyone?
The first is of course not true out of the box, and may relate to an early beta version of the game in which all infantry did not have the Geography skill OR in which hex movement was calculated differently. However, it becomes true if a general - tavern, starting or academy - with even one movement item is assigned, as it then has nine movement points and can shift three hexes.
"Low defense" is obviously true, as they have less health for single, double and triple formation than the corresponding line infantry.
But where does "High shot accuracy" come in? I see two possibilities.
The first is that it relates to their minimum hit. The Russian light infantry, for example, have a hit range of 3 to 6, as opposed to 1 to 6 (militia) and 1 to 7 (line infantry). Their average roll for feeding into the damage formula is usually going to be 4 or 5 (extremes happen less often), with beneficial consequences over the course of multiple engagements (which is why I believe that +1 minimum hit skills may actually be more beneficial than is evident on the surface).
The second possibility is that they have (some variant of) the bugle skill built in (deprive damage evasion in terrain), which would be absolutely awesome.
Thoughts, anyone?
