What's new on Napoleon's battlefield

I thought I'd start up a thread listing some tactical differences between ETW and NTW. My copy probably won't arrive for another week since I ordered the game from an online store, so if people could add their own observations as they start to play the game tomorrow, I'd love to hear em!

1) Line infantry apparently only have first rank fire-at-will as their firing drill. In one of CA's preview videos, however, you can briefly see platoon fire in action.

2) Line infantry now have 80 range versus 70 in ETW

3) Squares can no longer be formed while in melee, but horses will no longer charge into them, they will stop and rear up on their own. Men in squares will also fire at will, instead of waiting for everyone to reload before firing. This is a huge change!

3) Some artillery units are capable of firing indirectly like a howitzer, yet are also able to use canister/round shot.

4) Smoke on the battlefield is supposed to affect accuracy of units, would appreciate someone commenting on how noticeable this affect is.

Moved to NTW General Discussion. Keep the multi player forum focused on multi player stuff please.

Apologies, I was however hoping to incite discussion of how the tactical changes affected multiplayer matches. Such as what units appeared stronger, what army load outs were viable etc. The ETW multiplayer forum has been a constant source of discussion over unit tactics, units changes and their effects on multiplayer matches (such as the lengthy debate over light dragoons), so I was posting in the NTW multiplayer forum with that mindset.

What do you mean first rank fire at will?

They nerfed vollies or something? What does that mean?

Originally Posted by Thoragoros

What do you mean first rank fire at will?

They nerfed vollies or something? What does that mean?

Like the militia firing drill, where only the first rank fires as fast as it can. Rank firing hasn't been seen in any of the videos posted so far, and there's been no mention of it anywhere either .