Charges!

[bobulus]

Still no normal charges. The infantry steps backwards while the first line charges the enemy. What kind of combat is that?

[Rabain]

I have to say that I don't fully understand charges. I've read that you should just click once on the enemy unit, but if i do that the unit walks to the enemy. That's too slow if I am trying to flank someone and charge them.

If I double click then more often than not the unit runs to the enemy but rarely charges (no status change).

And yes the "front-line only" charge is lame, it means if my frontline is broken there is more chance of a catastrophic breakthrough by the enemy.

Anyone know how this should work?

[Johan217]

As I understand it, it is supposed to work like this: single click -> the unit walks up to the enemy and, at a given distance, charges. Your unit needs a clear path to the enemy and sufficient distance. If the enemy is moving, this may cause problems. Also, I suspect that obstacles, like a tree or rock may stop the unit from charging correctly.

[Kogen]

Haven't played Kingdoms yet, but assuming it's the same as 1.2; the units do charge most of the time. The front line thing is of course a bug, but it doesn't happen every single time - actually it's kind of rare. Just double-right click on the enemy, your troops will run, then they'll charge once they're kind of close. I find it almost always works perfectly when you're charging an ememy line and it only seems to mess up if the enemy are moving(the charge literally slides to a halt as if they've reached a bottemless pit, it's awkward...) or the front line thing happens. Just to let people know, if the front line hit then you've just done a infantry charge, now that the intial damage has been done, double-right click again and the rest of the infantry will proceed to engage.

[Lionel-Richie]

Oof...don't start with that nonsensical rumor about "Single click is for charging, double click is for just running."

They both do the same thing. Single click just starts you at a walk until you're in charge range. I get plenty of charges with double right click provided I met the requirements for a charge.

I remember all of those people claiming that when M2TW first came out.

"Oh, no, cavalry charges aren't broken, you just don't know how to do them! You align them according to the moon, single right click the enemy that is aligned with Mars, then press R, spin around once in your computer chair and your charge might happen!"

And then CA comes out and goes "Yeah charges were broken, here" and magically everyone was able to do charges.

Sorry for the rant, it just bugs me when people try to obfuscate and hide bugs in games by claiming "game mechanic" just to try and be the "elite."

[randir14]

Modders already fixed this crap, why hasn't CA fixed their own game?

[bobulus]

Because they don't care. they just wanted to sell another sequel but this time i didn't bite!

[bobulus]

Also sick of these sieges! Not beeing able to deploy troops in town how I want!