[France]Artillery recruitment issue

**Kaap** · April 18, 2009, 04:38 AM

I'm having a slight issue playing as France.

I just upgraded to the final artillery school and thus I am able to recruit 24LB foot artillery. However, I can only recruit 4 of them. Now, that's not a real problem as 4 of them is what I use in my army setup.

However, I am fighting on 2 fronts and my 2nd army suffered a major blow, loosing quite some units including its artillery. So, the 24LB has a maximum recruitment of 4, but 24LB replaced the 12LB foot artillery card as well. Hence...I cannot recruit foot artillery for my 2nd army anymore.

Is this intended? I dont recall Great Brittain having a maximum on the 24LB units. And even if the limit on 24LB was intended, why the hell cant I recruit the 12Lb as well??

Cheers,

**Hannibolico** · April 18, 2009, 05:07 AM

that's definitely not supposed to happen, at least i don't think so.

24 pound foot artillery isn't an elite unit...

**blank** · April 18, 2009, 05:33 AM

Originally Posted by Kaap

I'm having a slight issue playing as France.

I just upgraded to the final artillery school and thus I am able to recruit 24LB foot artillery. However, I can only recruit 4 of them. Now, that's not a real problem as 4 of them is what I use in my army setup.

However, I am fighting on 2 fronts and my 2nd army suffered a major blow, loosing quite some units including its artillery. So, the 24LB has a maximum recruitment of 4, but 24LB replaced the 12LB foot artillery card as well. Hence...I cannot recruit foot artillery for my 2nd army anymore.

Is this intended? I dont recall Great Brittain having a maximum on the 24LB units. And even if the limit on 24LB was intended, why the hell cant I recruit the 12Lb as well??

Cheers,

Are you talking about the *Guard* artillery?

**Kaap** · April 18, 2009, 06:34 AM

Yes, they are named as the guard artillery and as soon as I unlocked those, the 12LB foot arty disappeared from the recruitment tab.

**Mr Roet** · April 18, 2009, 09:22 AM

You should still have have the 24lb regular artillery though.

**guerra** · April 18, 2009, 09:44 AM

12lb pound foot is replaced by 24lb foot.

**Akbar** · April 18, 2009, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by guerra

12lb pound foot is replaced by 24lb foot.

No it is not. Exactly the same thing happened when I played as France. I could only get the 24lb Guard arty, no ordinary 24lb. I just kept some cities with the earlier building and kept using the 12lb in most of my armies. Didn´t make that much of a difference.

**blank** · April 18, 2009, 09:52 AM

18 & 24 pounder Guard artillery are both limited to 4 units in the campaign.

**citoyen** · April 18, 2009, 12:51 PM

Lucky you, on my France campaigns I cant recruit ANY top level arty

**Kaap** · April 18, 2009, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by blank

18 & 24 pounder Guard artillery are both limited to 4 units in the campaign.

I have the highest level artillery building in my capitol Paris and just checked again what I can recruit:

6LB horse artillery
Puckelgun
24LB guard foot artillery (max 4)
24LB howitzer
Mortar battery

That's all I can recruit...so no 12LB foot artillery or no 18LB guard artillery.

So I really dont get it...

**SuperStick** · April 19, 2009, 03:31 AM

Howitzers and mortars aren't so bad

**Mr Frost** · April 19, 2009, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by SuperStick

Howitzers and mortars aren't so bad

No schrapnell or canister is a big problem . Howitzers and mortars are meant for different roles to field guns .

That said : For the O.P. , I'd suggest splitting your current battery in half , substituting 2 howitzers in each army {for the 2 field guns you sacrifice} and adjust your tactics to suit {you can safely place those howitzers behind your troops and very close to them also} .

I assume that you cannot produce the normal variety of field gun in any other province . Go to the modding forums and ask around , it is probably something easily fixed , though it might require starting a new campaign which would probably be rather anoying .