Invincible Arty??

**JayMac** · March 12, 2010, 01:54 PM

Has anyone else experienced arty which cannot be killed by musket fire while it is limbered and traveling ?

**Evan MF** · March 12, 2010, 01:57 PM

They're dead in a second.

Evan

**♔DoomBunny666♔** · March 12, 2010, 01:59 PM

Yeah, but as soon as they unlimber they die...

**S-te-Fan** · March 12, 2010, 02:01 PM

They die at the sight of a cannonball.

**Brusilov** · March 12, 2010, 02:08 PM

I think this was a bug in ETW at one stage.

**aletoledo** · March 12, 2010, 02:20 PM

not a bug, but a feature. seriously.

The problem was that a stiff breeze was killing the horses of limbered artillery, thus leading to the loss of the whole artillery piece. This was primarily due to the fact that horses are large, easy targets, so it was a bit unfair to destroy artillery just because the horse pulling it died. Entire artillery units were dieing to a single shrapnel shot. The solution was to increase the strength of the horses and it's what you see today.

**♔ brucedickenson♔** · March 12, 2010, 02:28 PM

It would be great in the future if they made the peices 'modular' wherby horses could get shot, and removed from the train making it slower

**Evan MF** · March 12, 2010, 02:32 PM

I think that artillery should unlimber quicker.

Evan

**Thoragoros** · March 12, 2010, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by Evan MF

I think that artillery should unlimber quicker.

Evan

Here here!

**IAB1789** · March 12, 2010, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by Evan MF

I think that artillery should unlimber quicker.

Evan

The horse artillery should be quicker, at any rate. It's unbearable watching them unlimber

**Comrade_Rory** · March 12, 2010, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by IAB1789

The horse artillery should be quicker, at any rate. It's unbearable watching them unlimber

"a little to the left... right, no not right! left again... NO YOU'VE RUINED IT! ok, lets start from the beginning"

"but we're under fire?"

"slow and steady wins the race boys!"

**Darth_Revan** · March 12, 2010, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by RorySheen

"a little to the left... right, no not right! left again... NO YOU'VE RUINED IT! ok, lets start from the beginning"

"but we're under fire?"

"slow and steady wins the race boys!"

LMAO

that must really suck to watch

**Player2** · March 12, 2010, 09:34 PM

to true

**King Mob** · March 12, 2010, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by IAB1789

The horse artillery should be quicker, at any rate. It's unbearable watching them unlimber

Watching them move to placement is like watching paint dry.

**♔themanwithnoname♔** · March 13, 2010, 05:06 AM

Hmm, I do for a second, but after five minutes of my infantry shooting, they all drop dead at once. Neat, no?

**eleftherios** · March 13, 2010, 07:08 AM

Well they should have given each artillery piece them hit points equal to the number of its crew. For example if an artillery unit consists of 4 cannons and 48 crew members, then each artillry piece should have 12 hit points while limbered and if it has taken 4 casualties before it limbered, the game should keep count and after taking another 8 casualties one artillery piece should be destroyed.