Reloading animations

When they made and released ETW, people noticed that the loading animations on cannon and musket were innaccurate, elongated and wrongly-timed. They also saw that the cannons didn't have enough men manning them

CA claimed that this was due to safety hazards with the actors, but I don't understand what saftey problems there are.

AI, Campaign and Bugs are doubtlessly more important, but I want to know if this grating little detail will be adressed

The reloading animations are over-long because that is what the loading skill for a unit affects, the higher the loading skill the shorter the reload animation of ramming projectile down the barrel goes on.

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

The reloading animations are over-long because that is what the loading skill for a unit affects, the higher the loading skill the shorter the reload animation of ramming projectile down the barrel goes on.

Yeah but with ETW reloading a musket (the ramming part) took forever. Re-enactment demonstrations showed that a trained infantryman could load (and especially ram) hell of a lot faster than the units did in ETW.

I think it would be better if the other parts of the reloading process had longer animations that way it would shorten the time they take using the ramrod but keep the length.

Originally Posted by PGeo36

I think it would be better if the other parts of the reloading process had longer animations that way it would shorten the time they take using the ramrod but keep the length.

Some units stand there ramming forever. This would be a great addition.

I think youve got to look at it from a playability perspective. Ive the loading was much shorter, battles would be very short. If you wanted to make it more realistic, you'd have to kill unit movement speed (to counterbalance loading times) which would be more accurate but far less interesting

Originally Posted by -TopCat-

I think youve got to look at it from a playability perspective. Ive the loading was much shorter, battles would be very short. If you wanted to make it more realistic, you'd have to kill unit movement speed (to counterbalance loading times) which would be more accurate but far less interesting

Not to mention sending lethality rate being extremely low if it were historically accurate (1/2000 musket shots actually resulted in a kill according to many contemporary generals, granted many were wounded, but I for one would not want to sit around for that)

Originally Posted by Tiberius Tosi

Not to mention sending lethality rate being extremely low if it were historically accurate (1/2000 musket shots actually resulted in a kill according to many contemporary generals, granted many were wounded, but I for one would not want to sit around for that)

That doesn't mean a thing -- in Vietnam, the ammo to kill ratio was 3,000 rounds of small arms fire per enemy casualty. And right now, 250,000 bullets are being fired for every insurgent killed!

Of course we know it's not the same, but the fact remains that back then -- as nowadays -- physical elimination was not the main deciding element in battles -- it was morale.

In fact, if anything, ETW relies too much upon physical anihilation, and not enough on morale. The object shouldn't be to shoot the enemy to pieces; it to encircle him, make him break, and capture him in droves!

Originally Posted by Lance-Corporal Jones

That doesn't mean a thing -- in Vietnam, the ammo to kill ratio was 3,000 rounds of small arms fire per enemy casualty. And right now, 250,000 bullets are being fired for every insurgent killed!

Of course we know it's not the same, but the fact remains that back then -- as nowadays -- physical elimination was not the main deciding element in battles -- it was morale.

In fact, if anything, ETW relies too much upon physical anihilation, and not enough on morale. The object shouldn't be to shoot the enemy to pieces; it to encircle him, make him break, and capture him in droves!

I know but I was saying if people want accurate reloading times then more accurate kill rates would be needed, otherwise battles would last 5 minutes and entire units could be wiped out within 20-30 seconds with ease.

Originally Posted by Tiberius Tosi

I know but I was saying if people want accurate reloading times then more accurate kill rates would be needed, otherwise battles would last 5 minutes and entire units could be wiped out within 20-30 seconds with ease.

Not if you either bring down the accuracy or the health damage or whatever kills the soldiers ingame.