Line Battle Info--New poll up!--
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Hibiki
Sergeant Knight at Arms
BattleOfValmy said:
If you remember correctly, we all kind of lined up and shot at point blank. There was a little more advancing and maneuvering this time around, thanks to a larger, more open map. It seemed more practical to fight in a line in the open, where as on the Ruins map, we were doing so to our own peril and disadvantage.
...if that makes sense.
BattleOfValmy
If you remember correctly, we were the ones maneuvering around your stationary formation (the vast majority of the time).
I don't see how that makes this line battle any more genuine than the one before.
I don't see how that makes this line battle any more genuine than the one before.
Hibiki
Sergeant Knight at Arms
Mainly, the difference being the method of engagement. You guys would appear from behind a wall, already at medium-close range, and we were left with the dilemma of whether to fire on you, or give you the first volley (which, at such a range, is quite devastating). It was kind of "run up to and prepare to obliterate each other on command." It was just awkward.
On an open map, that isn't so much an issue -- you usually form up at longer ranges, and so it is quite a bit safer. You have time to form up properly, and give orders. The battle isn't decided in the first few vollies, and therefore winds up being more interesting. There is room for maneuver, and the results are less "random" and more dependent upon use of terrain, good formation, and proper aim - insofar as compensation for range is concerned, over a long period of exchanged fire. You could even, in such a situation, implement proper tactics to advance on and engage an enemy.
Practically speaking, we shouldn't have fought in formation on the ruins map. However, had it been a normal game, even, I do not think we would have been at the same disadvantage fighting in formation on a wide open map, as we did.
On an open map, that isn't so much an issue -- you usually form up at longer ranges, and so it is quite a bit safer. You have time to form up properly, and give orders. The battle isn't decided in the first few vollies, and therefore winds up being more interesting. There is room for maneuver, and the results are less "random" and more dependent upon use of terrain, good formation, and proper aim - insofar as compensation for range is concerned, over a long period of exchanged fire. You could even, in such a situation, implement proper tactics to advance on and engage an enemy.
Practically speaking, we shouldn't have fought in formation on the ruins map. However, had it been a normal game, even, I do not think we would have been at the same disadvantage fighting in formation on a wide open map, as we did.
BattleOfValmy
It didn't help you that you made us charge you every round. It took quite a bit coercing for you guys to advance on us the couple times you did.
That, and we did fight about 4 or 5 rounds on a wide open and flat plains map.
That, and we did fight about 4 or 5 rounds on a wide open and flat plains map.
Hibiki
Sergeant Knight at Arms
Aye. Well, honestly, I would have liked to advance more myself.
And that giant forest in which we fought with 3-4 men on either side hardly counts.
On a bit of a different note, I notice you have an odd habit of attacking relentlessly. Should I explain one point, you move on to another, and another, and another. Any new and undefended opening, whether relevant or not, is the next target. This characteristic serves you quite well in melee, but it makes correspondence quite a bit of work =P
And that giant forest in which we fought with 3-4 men on either side hardly counts.
On a bit of a different note, I notice you have an odd habit of attacking relentlessly. Should I explain one point, you move on to another, and another, and another. Any new and undefended opening, whether relevant or not, is the next target. This characteristic serves you quite well in melee, but it makes correspondence quite a bit of work =P
Toffey
Do the Portuguese still not have swords? If so, I need to make sure to be Spanish.
BattleOfValmy
By the last couple of rounds we had 5 active players on both sides, and we weren't fighting in the forest, we were fighting in a big open plain right next to it.
BattleOfValmy
Right after the "don't double post" message 
Toffey
So, what happened with the line battle? I logged on at 4:00 but it was just normal fighting by that point.
