Kneeling, I know crouching has been suggested before but this is different. Kneeling would help in several ways, first it could add some more interactive things to becoming a noble, the king/khan would ask you to kneel, you would then kneel, and so on. It would also add another tactic to battles. Some formations that I have thought of that would utilize kneeling.
A line a pike men kneeling with crossbowmen behind them, very useful against cavalry.
A line of men with shields, kneeling with their shields up, and then men behind them, this is to counter against horse archers, or just archers.
A double line of crossbowmen, front line kneeling, second one standing, like Line infantry, or even more like line infantry, fire by rank. (the first line fires, then kneels, the next line fires, then kneels etc)
There are many other uses that kneeling could be used for.
How it would work in game would be so, when you kneel, you cannot walk, to get up you would press the jump button to stand up. There would be a 1.5 or 2.0 second delay, between kneeling and getting back up, maybe the more encumbered you are the longer it is. While kneeling you can only turn 160 degrees, this would make it so you can easily be flanked, but you can’t still defend yourself from the sides. Note, I have knelt and tested this and I was able to move my pike, from side to side, easily and as fast as I could move the pike while standing. This would add some more to tactics, team work, and would work for both SP and MP; in SP it would be added as a command. As to what the button would be used for while mounted, rearing, this would also make rearing easier.
A line a pike men kneeling with crossbowmen behind them, very useful against cavalry.
A line of men with shields, kneeling with their shields up, and then men behind them, this is to counter against horse archers, or just archers.
A double line of crossbowmen, front line kneeling, second one standing, like Line infantry, or even more like line infantry, fire by rank. (the first line fires, then kneels, the next line fires, then kneels etc)
There are many other uses that kneeling could be used for.
How it would work in game would be so, when you kneel, you cannot walk, to get up you would press the jump button to stand up. There would be a 1.5 or 2.0 second delay, between kneeling and getting back up, maybe the more encumbered you are the longer it is. While kneeling you can only turn 160 degrees, this would make it so you can easily be flanked, but you can’t still defend yourself from the sides. Note, I have knelt and tested this and I was able to move my pike, from side to side, easily and as fast as I could move the pike while standing. This would add some more to tactics, team work, and would work for both SP and MP; in SP it would be added as a command. As to what the button would be used for while mounted, rearing, this would also make rearing easier.
