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Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/26/2008 12:06:57 PM

haruntaiwan

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Anyone use anything other than the 24 lb. Howitzer? (12 lb. at first maybe?)

I was not impressed with the Parrot or the Ordnance Rifles.

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/26/2008 1:33:21 PM

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ORIGINAL: haruntaiwan

Anyone use anything other than the 24 lb. Howitzer? (12 lb. at first maybe?)

I was not impressed with the Parrot or the Ordnance Rifles.

I use the napoleon, a good all rounder. some of the ordinance rifles are useful for fort smashing too. yes most of the time my stock guns are the 12 and 24 lb howitzer
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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/26/2008 3:19:29 PM

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BASB has it right.

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/26/2008 3:58:12 PM

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Odd, I always got rid of those as soon as I could, if I remember correctly, those have massive pointblank damage, but lousy afterward, and I tend to like long range shelling

when I could, I went after the Withworth, it does not do the damage of others, but it breaks morale

the stats on the Nap, show it should be as good as the rest, but I just never had much luck with it

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/26/2008 8:10:01 PM

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Prefer long range artillery as well. The howitzer's advantage is the indirect fire damage upgrade, which unfortunately has no impact on non-howitzer arty

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/27/2008 5:18:56 AM

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I hardly get to use artillery unless its a range of 6 hexes or less and I find the howitzers do more damage than the rifles guns, even at those ranges.

Napoleons work okay, too.

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/27/2008 6:50:08 AM

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So, since we all agreed .....

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/27/2008 12:18:33 PM

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As soon as I get the indirect fire upgrade I only use Napoleons, pre indirect fire, only howitzers. No way I will leave my arty units in the front line!

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RE: Artillery (detailed combat) - 6/27/2008 1:17:55 PM

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The ordonance rifle is amazing to "snipe" against incoming troops in column formation.

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