And has been controversial from the start.

It is not a perfect system, but it is the best system available that I have seen.

If you look at it as a game, to be played to its full potential, then stacking is just another way to manipulate your units.

Its only when you try to make it something its not do you see it as unfair, or unrealistic.

Its just a game based on historical data.

Daddio

Stacking in AC is every bit as bad as stacing in C2. Both game are not realistic in this case.
Maybe this is the question in formations scaling and gaps between soldiers in formation too.
Nevetheless there are only small differences. In AC soldiers from stacking formations stay little bit near the next one, and in C2 sometimes all they looks like soldiers from only the one formation. When formations move it goes in another way. In AC stacking formations march all together as crowded formations, while in C2 sometimes they can march separatly on roads, but in terrain it looks near the same like in AC. In both games stacking formations are horrible, foolish and looks very bad. They are totaly not realistic.

Many people suggested that it needs improvements. But nobody have solved this problem yet.

Thx

Nowy, look below:

We have same point of view Oss to resolve problem effortlessly until someone will find better solution.

Wise words.

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Are you joking? Like this you only kill more soldiers, but it not resolve problem of the stacking formations.
They still can exist and that is foolish and horrible unrealistic in the game.

Not? Well... If somebody lost few times in raw because of it, then she or he will stop using stacking, it is not obvious for you?
I wrote it finally resolve problem? I wrote that it is temporarily resolve problem until someone find it.

... Every game are unrealistic and nonhistorical. Only live is is realistic and historical, stop being little child which dream about meet Napoelon nearly Waterloo in 1815. Games always have been, still are and always will be only poor simulators of war. It doesn't matter it is Total War, mod for it made by fans or games like Cossacks.

Overinterpretation of speech. Daddio rather thought about types of units like pandur, janissary or hussar, not half-baked aspects of game and game engine by authors.

I apologize for my english.



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Think that could be somebody which lost few times in raw because of it, AND then she or her will NOT stop using stacking. This way I could say that your pervious implication is not true. And you are not resolve this stacking problem that way.

I does not mean that I can not say that stacking formations are bad in C2 or AC.

Maybe you are right, but I can not read in his mind, and what is more, I always thought this is thread about comparing engines and not about “historical based” units.

But this soldiers were not stacked. Merge companies do not mean stack companies.
And if I remember well companies in battalions line stayed one near the next one. This way all companies can fired in order. If companies had not enough men then it can be merged, but it was not stacking.

@Nowy
i believe you misunderstood me, i mean 2 full formations. lets say 100 men. would merge together, in 1 spot, while as a defensive tactic. to instead of having 100 guns fire at that one section. have 200 fire at that one section. more guns = more kills= victory

Non progredi est regredi

I bolded that men standing elbow-to elbow and it could explain why merge companie does not mean stack companies. How they can be stacked at the same place in reality. They standing one near the next one. Normally it was hard place 200 men in the same place were stay 100 men elbow-to-elbow.
Even commanders need more men or companies they usually stay unit near the next one unit, but not stack.

You can look there

http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/infantry_tactics_4.htm

Think that you know that site, but it will be not bad read again about infantry tactics at that period.