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PostPosted: Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:47 am 
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Hi, Rich,

I noticed in the Bridge scenario in the parameter data that a musket at range 1 is a multiplier of 4, whereas the rifle is a multiplier of 4.5. This represents a change in philosophy from previous games, where the musket's sole advantage was range 1 fire. Is there a reason?

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Sorry, that's another error. It's fixed now

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by mihalik</i>
<br />Hi, Rich,

I noticed in the Bridge scenario in the parameter data that a musket at range 1 is a multiplier of 4, whereas the rifle is a multiplier of 4.5. This represents a change in philosophy from previous games, where the musket's sole advantage was range 1 fire. Is there a reason?

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Hi, Rich,

I notice the rifle vs musket anomalie probably extends to all
scenarios. I also notice Napoleons fire with a 22 modifier at
range 1, and 16 at range 2, which seems high, especially
compared to 3" rifles. Will there be a Chickamauga patch anytime
soon?

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Any day now. Just waiting on HPS to post it.

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by mihalik</i>
<br />Hi, Rich,

I notice the rifle vs musket anomalie probably extends to all
scenarios. I also notice Napoleons fire with a 22 modifier at
range 1, and 16 at range 2, which seems high, especially
compared to 3" rifles. Will there be a Chickamauga patch anytime
soon?

MG Mike Mihalik
1/III/AoMiss/CSA
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Shouldn't the Napoleon have a significantly more powerful effect at point blank range compared to a 3" rifle? I didn't think the 3" had as effective a canister round as the Napoleon?

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Shouldn't the Napoleon have a significantly more powerful effect at point blank range compared to a 3" rifle? I didn't think the 3" had as effective a canister round as the Napoleon<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Hi, General Lynn,

You are correct. But the Napoleon 1 hex modifier is 22 and the 3" rifle is 9. That is about 2.5 times more effective, and I think that is way too much. In Vicksburg it is 8 for 3" rifle and 12 for
Napoleon, which makes the Napoleon half again as effective. That makes more sense, as the bore size for a 3" rifle is 3" (doh!)and for the Napoleon 4.62, which is a ratio of 1:1.54. I am no physics
expert, though. Maybe they did a study and found a Napoleon cannister round was 2.5 times more effective under 125 yds than the 3". Anybody know?


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:54 am 
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by mihalik</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Shouldn't the Napoleon have a significantly more powerful effect at point blank range compared to a 3" rifle? I didn't think the 3" had as effective a canister round as the Napoleon<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

Hi, General Lynn,

You are correct. But the Napoleon 1 hex modifier is 22 and the 3" rifle is 9. That is about 2.5 times more effective, and I think that is way too much. In Vicksburg it is 8 for 3" rifle and 12 for
Napoleon, which makes the Napoleon half again as effective. That makes more sense, as the bore size for a 3" rifle is 3" (doh!)and for the Napoleon 4.62, which is a ratio of 1:1.54. I am no physics
expert, though. Maybe they did a study and found a Napoleon cannister round was 2.5 times more effective under 125 yds than the 3". Anybody know?


MG Mike Mihalik
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I believe that is probably the case - I seem to remember reading about the difference between a Napoleon canister round and a 3" canister round - the 3" held a significantly smaller number of projectiles and dispersed them in a much tighter area than the Napoleon. But perhaps you are right about the ratio being a bit too high in comparison in Chick.

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3rd Bgde, 3rd Cav Div, II Corps, AoA

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