JT
Regular
Having gotten here by way of Floris and then the video and then cancelling what was going to be a YouTube comment...
I love it! It almost begs for the player character to be issuing audible volley orders: "Stand ready!", "Take aim!", and finally "Loose!" (With verbal orders archers would likely have to wait a good 4 seconds for proper feel, with one second between orders except for two seconds after the loose order. "Stand ready, take aim, loose! ...Stand ready, take aim, loose! ...Stand ready, take aim, loose!") I'd recommend an appropriately British voice actor for proper feel, or at least someone as good at a British accent as Hugh Laurie is at an American one.
It might be interesting to include a realism setting (likely for Floris exclusively) that forbids the player's troops from engaging in volleys without either an officer troop who performs the commands in the player's stead or the player standing still (possibly still permitted to use weapons) to command the volleys himself. If all officers are lost, troops on volley fire automatically revert to firing at will until the player stands still and begins shouting orders. It might be worthwhile to limit volley fire to a certain verbal range as well.
I love it! It almost begs for the player character to be issuing audible volley orders: "Stand ready!", "Take aim!", and finally "Loose!" (With verbal orders archers would likely have to wait a good 4 seconds for proper feel, with one second between orders except for two seconds after the loose order. "Stand ready, take aim, loose! ...Stand ready, take aim, loose! ...Stand ready, take aim, loose!") I'd recommend an appropriately British voice actor for proper feel, or at least someone as good at a British accent as Hugh Laurie is at an American one.
It might be interesting to include a realism setting (likely for Floris exclusively) that forbids the player's troops from engaging in volleys without either an officer troop who performs the commands in the player's stead or the player standing still (possibly still permitted to use weapons) to command the volleys himself. If all officers are lost, troops on volley fire automatically revert to firing at will until the player stands still and begins shouting orders. It might be worthwhile to limit volley fire to a certain verbal range as well.