Mtd cav fire would need to be at 1 hex range, assuming this represented a distance <b>up to </b>125yds (so it needn't be as far as 125yds, and could possibly be less than 20yds).
Thus 1 hex range in the ACW engine = anywhere between 1 and 3 hexes in the EAW series. In firefactor terms, that would mean that the ACW firefactor at range 1 <i>could</i> be set at the same level as the EAW factor at 3 hex range. Alternatively, the middle EAW range could be used to provide a mean range for the ACW pdt, on the assumption that firing might occur anywhere from under 20yds right up to 125yds, so the firefactor should be averaged out.
Anyway, surely most cavalry capable of effective fire from horseback would in reality normally tend to fire at almost point blank range, so presumably this should be counted as part of a melee? If they were going to engage in ranged fire they'd probably dismount in order to have at least some chance of hitting a target!
Perhaps one useful feature might be to allow cavalry with <b>shotguns</b> an extra melee bonus.
Brig. Gen. Rich White
3rd Brig. III Corps
Phantom Cav. Div.
ANV
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