So, I've been playing with my Corps composition based on my preferred play style, and thought I'd look up historical organization for comparison, and am a little shocked at how little artillery was present in most Civil War armies. If I'm reading sources correctly, a single artillery brigade of 4-5 batteries, or 24-30 guns, per corps was the normal?

Usually I prefer something on the order of 6-8 Artillery Brigades of differing types per corps, budget and materiel permitting. Is this just a quirk of the game design? Or am I reading the old org charts wrong?

Everything I read about artillery in the civil war is how devastating it could be, when applied correctly. This is even more impressive if the numbers were as small I read. The Union had only 360 total artillery pieces at Gettysburg, from 7 combined Corps? The confederate battery on Marie's Heights at Fredericksburg was only 9 guns, supported by batteries from surrounding areas, but still...

I missed out on the sale a week or two ago. I didn’t pull the trigger because of the reviews on Steam. From all of the videos I have seen, it looks cool. Is it worth it if it becomes half off again?

Because it feels like the game doesn't allow me to. If I lose a battle and try to progress through campaign anyway, confederates will come back with even greater numbers and it goes into a death spiral where I keep losing battles because of previous defeats. Am I supposed to restart and try until I win when I lost a battle? That's very unrealistic.

After reading the steam reviews I am hesitant to purchase it. I am trying to get it on a sale, but is it even worth it at that point? I don’t mind a few bugs as long as it doesn’t ruin the game or stop progression. Any feedback is appreciated!!

Fort Stevens, Brig Gen dif, used the 3 initial units you get from your corps to hold the fort and that was it, so cut about 30k off the total strength. I've genuinely never seen a ratio that bad before and I have done both campaigns 5 times each plus multiple historical battles.

So I'm going to preface this by saying I am NOT a huge civil war buff - I know Gettysburg and that's it lmao, I'm just here because I like the tactics / strategy and overall gameplay.

Multi day battles confuse the hell out of me without the knowledge that the game pre-plans certain battles to take multiple days.

Now this isn't something I have a problem with inherently, but I never fucking know when the cutoff is happening / when a certain objective really doesn't matter in the long run.

Like, the game tells me that a certain hilltop/position is my objective - got it - since I want to win I'm going to push my men to capture that position. We took heavy casualties but we've secured it and have a perimeter, but then the game goes "awh fuck!! We actually need you to keep pushing forward we've got them on the run!!" Or some other stupid redirect, at which point I'm like what the fuck I thought this position was the objective?

My point is I have to be exceedingly conservative with my men because I don't know if the game is going to keep moving the goal post on me, which means I can't be aggressive and try to storm a position if I see a potential to hole.

Anyways just wondering if I'm the only one confused by this or if there's a way to gauge these things

So is it impossible to win for USA without playing the ENTIRE level??

I saw that in the Rebalance Mod I could change the size of the armies - of both mine and the enemy.

What are the exact numbers for infantry, artillery and cav? I want to know so I can form a plan.

u/pandakraut it'd be a great help.

Hey all,

So just started playing the civil war game as confederates because fuck them Yankees idk, point is those retreating Yankees are causing headaches.

I've had several instances now where I'll shatter an enemy unit with a flank or another maneuver, but then the enemy unit will retreat either through my lines or somehow weasel their way into my backline.

Now since I can't outright destroy an enemy unit, they just eventually recover and then reform to attack my flank unless I dedicate a unit to just continually hunt them down to the corner of the map.

Am I a retard, or is there no way to really deal with this type of stuff other than practicing your sheep herding tactics?

So I was playing a CSA campaign and the final battle for Washington annoys me every time. I have to really on 2 corps of my army which are never really used to take huge forts when their only real job is to make up numbers on my back line. I only ever really invest in my first 2 corps as the better troops you have the less casualties you tend to take. End up with 2 elite corps but then 2 crap corps. Washington is the only battle I have to use them in and it skyrockets my casualties.

I've been experimenting with different tactics for taking Marye's Heights as the Federal army.

The best plan so far is massing troops opposite one of the Confederate army's flanks and then rushing into melee without stopping to fire, while bringing up reinforcements to hold the position once the Confederate soldiers break.

I'm rediscovering General Emory Upton's tactic at Spotsylvania Court House!

I think this has a lot in common with the UG series, in a good way. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while - it feels like a bit of a breath of fresh air.

I was just playing the Cold Harbor battle as union. Just a few minutes in i am apparently defeated... Don't know why, doesn't say why, my men were absolutely winning, i have no idea what just happened. I can't replay it. Apparently i just move on to the next battle? What is going on?

I always run into the same issues on my union campaigns where Fredericksburg becomes the bane of my existence. (playing on MG legendary since I am a firm believer in banging your head against the wall as the premier way to enjoy games).

I basically cripple my army winning Antietam, and then I lack the manpower to even dent the confederates at Fredericksburg which I am appalled at. 40k to 60k are not even the worse odds I played against, yet for some reason I just get massacred without achieving anything.

I am quite aware that this battle was a shit show for the union so I haven’t even tried to actually win it, focusing everything instead on prospect hill to at least secure a draw but it’s not working. Any suggestions on a new approach? Or should I replay Antietam and get better results so my army is in better shape?

About to play the second bull run as CSA. The only complaint is after the mission where you steal 3 supply wagon convoys, the Union starved out. After that mission I began maximizing my regiments on personnel and it's just a slaughter for the union. I was expecting to be outnumbered every match as CSA

Hey, I just bought the American Revolution game and I’m a huge fan of the series. I have been trying to play as the American campaign and every time I loaded up I get absolutely destroyed. Are there any tips on how to succeed and what should my opening moves be because I’m completely lost on how to win/play the game.

Thanks

Hi all,

Just a quick query here re mods/customisation.

I've been using the J&P Rebalance mod for most of my time with this game (bought in 2017) I actually just found out I have 1.28.4 and there is a 1.29... so I'll correct that shortly.

I was wondering two things... Firstly are there any other mods I should know about or make use of? Secondly, I'd prefer to avoid starting yet another campaign or play more custom battles (as I've done those a LOT lol) but would like to play some of the historical battles like the custom ones, with my own or an adjusted force per the custom battle options. Is there any way to do this at all?

That's it. Thanks in advance for any answers!

There’s virtually no feedback or reviews at all about it. Does anyone own it? Is it a decent port?

Greetings. I'm new to this and i'm having some issues with how to use skirmishers and cavalry effectively. I understand the theory of how to use these assets. The problem i'm having is they do not obey my commands. If i tell them to attack, they move up and fire one volley but then they run away. Not as in they rout, they disengage but do not re-engage unless i order them again and again. Even then it's like 50/50 if they actually do it. I have to micro manage them like crazy but still it's really hart to make them do what i want. Some advice would be much appreciated.

I take the woodline at the front, and send some troops around to flank the confederats and take the flag.

Pretty easy battle to win. But i dont get to kill many confederats since both armys just stand around looking at each other and just haveing an artillery duel. Is there a way to make the confederates attack my troops in the woodline?