I've directed Rich to the topic.
Hopefully he'll drop in when he can.Sounds good for the Mods, look forward to seeing what you come up with...
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| Author: | thechief1984 [ Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | FIW Ranger Weapons? |
I have recently been playing a solo FIW 1758 campaign, as the British. I was wondering, why are the Rangers equipped with Rifles? There is very little evidence of the Ranger companies having Rifles. Most Rangers used a cut down Brown Bess Musket or Short Trade Musket very much like the Indians. The rifle was to slow to load or to heavy and cumbersome for forest fighting. I was thinking maybe to go with D type weapon for the Rangers. The rangers used mostly the same weapons as their Indian enemies such as the Small trade musket , tomahawk and scalping knife. I was wondering everyone's thoughts on this? |
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| Author: | SLudwig [ Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
I would have to do some digging, but if you think there needs to be a change made in the weapons choice, than I don't see any reason why you shouldn't do so in one of your Mods. I will send this forum post to Rich, maybe he has some insight into why certain choices were made in the game. Btw - you & Al, if you guys have anything new you want to share with the Club, please do. I still have some stuff form you both I need to sort out & get posted. |
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| Author: | thechief1984 [ Wed Sep 03, 2014 3:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
Just looking to get some debate going on the forum, Good call sending it to Rich he shed some light on this... As for any new scenarios I have been working on a few things but nothing finished enough to put out there yet... |
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| Author: | SLudwig [ Wed Sep 03, 2014 4:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
I've directed Rich to the topic. Hopefully he'll drop in when he can.Sounds good for the Mods, look forward to seeing what you come up with...
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| Author: | Rich Hamilton [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
Its been many years since I did any research on this war, and if I remember correctly Al did the bulk of the OOB work - so I'll defer to him on why a particular weapon was selected. With that said, its easy enough to change if you wish...just make sure you rename the OOB file so it doesn't get overwritten by the updates. |
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| Author: | Al Amos [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
I don't remember, sorry. Perhaps to show their skill as marksmen, not necessarily to accurately assign a weapon, but as Rich says, it's an easy change. |
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| Author: | SLudwig [ Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
Thanks guys for coming to answer.... Hope this helps Steve!
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| Author: | thechief1984 [ Sun Sep 07, 2014 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: FIW Ranger Weapons? |
Thanks guys for responding |
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