hey,
been lurking the forum for a bit & there's a lot out there that has helped me so far, however i've been looking for information about the effect of a unit's formation on it's combat performance.
for example; if i field a unit 5 wide, 16 deep
or 16 wide, 5 deep
does this effect the amount of attacks you can make in short time, and does it improve morale in any way?
example for a choice for a deep formation;
for example fielding 2 weak units in a very deep unit would minimise damage done to them, and maximise morale, so they'd hold out longer?(for on a bridge or in a city against stronger units where you want to buy time..)
and obvious for wide formation;
when charging (any purpose for fielding cavalry in a 3 deep formation?), maximising impacting soldiers and hard hitting soldiers same thing.
however the wider,shallow formation could have some morale disadvantages, i'm not sure if that is a case?
so basicly when using top notch units, stretch them as far as possible to maximise attack & gain an easier flank advantage or keep them in square formations to optimise striking & morale at the same time?
does anyone have any info on this?(search didnt really find anything)
been lurking the forum for a bit & there's a lot out there that has helped me so far, however i've been looking for information about the effect of a unit's formation on it's combat performance.
for example; if i field a unit 5 wide, 16 deep
or 16 wide, 5 deep
does this effect the amount of attacks you can make in short time, and does it improve morale in any way?
example for a choice for a deep formation;
for example fielding 2 weak units in a very deep unit would minimise damage done to them, and maximise morale, so they'd hold out longer?(for on a bridge or in a city against stronger units where you want to buy time..)
and obvious for wide formation;
when charging (any purpose for fielding cavalry in a 3 deep formation?), maximising impacting soldiers and hard hitting soldiers same thing.
however the wider,shallow formation could have some morale disadvantages, i'm not sure if that is a case?
so basicly when using top notch units, stretch them as far as possible to maximise attack & gain an easier flank advantage or keep them in square formations to optimise striking & morale at the same time?
does anyone have any info on this?