Grenadiers

Have anyone tried Grenadiers throwing grenades yet? the amounts of smokes after explosions is awesome!

yep, pretty, but grenadiers are suicidal job. i use to lost 1/3 for one attack. the grenades are not that pretty though. it looks like pieces of over toasted bread.

Originally Posted by kokonut666

but grenadiers are suicidal job.

Yeah I avoid using grenades unless dire straits.

Yeah, I guess it looks cool. I generally try to avoid using it since its unrealistic to the time period.

I had it used on my men in a square formation once. I assumed they would all be dead but when the smoke cleared only like 15 had died. I mostly use it on buildings when I am lacking artillary.

Their bark is a lot worse than their bite! I would personally not waste my men getting in range to throw grenades when they are going to do more harm than good.

Well, I think the idea is to use them as a flanking force - not to run up to a line unit and throw them from the front.

Their damage is pretty meager though....especially compared to what it used to be in ETW....their reload time is also typically bad - talking muskets here not grenades.

That being said, their difficulties certainly pushes them into a more historic (comparatively speaking here) role.

I've used them sparingly, but how significant is the morale damage from the grenades? I wonder if front fire combined with grenades and a calvary charge is a full break?

Grenadiers are much better spent to either lead the melee charge or to just stand as part of the line. Also, i have tried grenades a few times, and even with larger units the grenades just...don't really score any kills. Furthermore, the few times, and I mean very few times I have seen the AI trying to use them, their grenadiers just end up getting shot up or charging. I and a few others have just simply removed them in our mods for the sake of the AI.

I like using them against the militia or armed citizen units. Smack them from behind with a few grenades while they are shooting it out with another unit and they are pretty much done.