If you want to get your grenadiers into a square you have to select them with a unit that can form square, the square formation button will overlay the grenade button and they should both form square. Works for me at least.
Hey Lionheart! Been watching you for atleast a decade. A tactic that i've never seen any youtuber do, but I use all the time in land battles and would love to see you try it. Is basically an early version of fire and advance (or fire and fallback). Which consists of 2 groups of Infantry, one in the front and one behind. It does require a bit of micro managing with the toggling of the 'fire at will' button. Aswell as making sure you move up the group thats reloaded, to the front. This strategy gives multiple benefits. 1) You will always have reserve units to reinforce for a melee engagement. Aswell as responding to flanks by the enemy. 2) since you are advancing each time, the shots get more accurate as you get closer 3) It's alot of fun 😃
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think that when 13 colonies join you their military vapourises, so they won't be able to help fight the Irriqui. You get the territory and the revenue, but need to rebuild the military. Also once they join you lose the trade income they previously proveded (as they are now you, and you can't trade with yourself)
One version of how I think would be easier and more fun to make is to make an Empire 2 unification. It would be about the unification of Germany. First, the Schleswig war (1864) against denmark. The second will be the Austro-prussian War (1866), the big finaly against france in 1871. I know the total war creaters is not working on it, but feel free to mention it to them.
The Battle of Madrid went so poorly because you made a lot of really big mistakes. Firstly, when your right flank was pushed you could have folded your left and center much earlier; all they were dealing with were a handful of units that the cannon and established lines could deal with. You also didn't mobilize your reserve nearly soon enough. Another thing you do is you don't have your units pinwheel. When an enemy is flanking your units you have them completely reposition to the side, forward, or further back and it wastes time. Pinwheeling keeps the unit where it is, but turns it and can be the difference between your unit breaking, and their unit breaking. You also kept sending forces away from where they were needed, which resulted in Spanish forces being able to blob up on singular units which caused a lot of extra losses, and had your guns fire on their cannons despite your right-most artillery being completely unable to hit the cannons in question (all of which were unable to hit your troops) This wasted your cannon's major long range potential on non-threats, when they otherwise could have been hitting Spanish units from the get-go.
Is there a link to installing Empire 2? I have it downloaded, but the patch is proving difficult, windows is wanting to search the web in order to open.
You have a fleet sitting like a duck in the strait of Gibraltar, why don't you raid the trade route there and get some money while you're there. Also after you take Lisboa try to peace Spain so you can keep both Madrid and Lisboa. If you lose Madrid your ships won't get repaired and that would be a waste of turn. Another thing is you have some troops in North America, you could bring them closer to the border with the Iroquois.
I will never understand the rationale behind CA’s decision to just have a single settlement in France and Spain. The lack of settlements just ruins the game for me.
it KINDA makes sense given the scale of things. I mean England Scotland and Ireland are a settlement each but you can get a nation out of each. France and Spain have a LOOOT of villages to make up for it and that's how it's balanced IIRC. might not be major settlements for them but hey, you'll get plenty out of em. besides, do you want a thousand and one settlements in the US?
Ex soldier myself with a lifelong fascination for military history.
Soldiers and history, they seem to be mutually attracted. Retired Canadian and British Army.
If you want to get your grenadiers into a square you have to select them with a unit that can form square, the square formation button will overlay the grenade button and they should both form square. Works for me at least.
You know it a touch fight when Lion goes silent for a good 5 mins lol
Hey Lionheart! Been watching you for atleast a decade. A tactic that i've never seen any youtuber do, but I use all the time in land battles and would love to see you try it. Is basically an early version of fire and advance (or fire and fallback). Which consists of 2 groups of Infantry, one in the front and one behind. It does require a bit of micro managing with the toggling of the 'fire at will' button. Aswell as making sure you move up the group thats reloaded, to the front. This strategy gives multiple benefits.
1) You will always have reserve units to reinforce for a melee engagement. Aswell as responding to flanks by the enemy.
2) since you are advancing each time, the shots get more accurate as you get closer
3) It's alot of fun 😃
Sorry to rain on your parade, but I think that when 13 colonies join you their military vapourises, so they won't be able to help fight the Irriqui. You get the territory and the revenue, but need to rebuild the military.
Also once they join you lose the trade income they previously proveded (as they are now you, and you can't trade with yourself)
For the King and the glory of the Empire! 🇬🇧⚔️🇬🇧
One version of how I think would be easier and more fun to make is to make an Empire 2 unification. It would be about the unification of Germany. First, the Schleswig war (1864) against denmark. The second will be the Austro-prussian War (1866), the big finaly against france in 1871.
I know the total war creaters is not working on it, but feel free to mention it to them.
Thanks
Thank you dude glad you're enjoying the content
You are king men dame you hold!
The deaths are going to be high at the end of this battle
I dont understand how a world war 1 game would work considering how different that conflict was compared to all other total war titles
Well played sir !
The Battle of Madrid went so poorly because you made a lot of really big mistakes. Firstly, when your right flank was pushed you could have folded your left and center much earlier; all they were dealing with were a handful of units that the cannon and established lines could deal with. You also didn't mobilize your reserve nearly soon enough. Another thing you do is you don't have your units pinwheel. When an enemy is flanking your units you have them completely reposition to the side, forward, or further back and it wastes time. Pinwheeling keeps the unit where it is, but turns it and can be the difference between your unit breaking, and their unit breaking.
You also kept sending forces away from where they were needed, which resulted in Spanish forces being able to blob up on singular units which caused a lot of extra losses, and had your guns fire on their cannons despite your right-most artillery being completely unable to hit the cannons in question (all of which were unable to hit your troops) This wasted your cannon's major long range potential on non-threats, when they otherwise could have been hitting Spanish units from the get-go.
Is there a link to installing Empire 2? I have it downloaded, but the patch is proving difficult, windows is wanting to search the web in order to open.
@@jessewilliams1422 there's a guide on the mods Discord
You have a fleet sitting like a duck in the strait of Gibraltar, why don't you raid the trade route there and get some money while you're there. Also after you take Lisboa try to peace Spain so you can keep both Madrid and Lisboa. If you lose Madrid your ships won't get repaired and that would be a waste of turn.
Another thing is you have some troops in North America, you could bring them closer to the border with the Iroquois.
I will never understand the rationale behind CA’s decision to just have a single settlement in France and Spain. The lack of settlements just ruins the game for me.
it KINDA makes sense given the scale of things. I mean England Scotland and Ireland are a settlement each but you can get a nation out of each.
France and Spain have a LOOOT of villages to make up for it and that's how it's balanced IIRC. might not be major settlements for them but hey, you'll get plenty out of em. besides, do you want a thousand and one settlements in the US?
First?