Yo, do you know how to move a single line of ships like the AI is doing at 9:10? Because I think it would be super helpful to arc the column gradually to keep the line together, but I don't know how to.
Empire also goes with more of a card system, whereas smaller ships are actually stronger than the bigger ones. If you want to gamey it, you can simply use small vessels that have superior range. Myself I'd rather bring a whole fleet of 1st rates.
"You can't really dogfight with the British fleet" True for both sea and air. The real issue to me in Empire is that it doesn't matter. Like in Shogun 2. No matter how many entire fleets you sink, the enemy will always bring a freshly built new one. Your only choice being to blockade choke points and hope you can reinplenish your losses before the next fleet arrives.
Yes, and make sure you don't lose speed. Don't be greedy when you are shooting at enemy, your goal is to not take any shots. Turn around and go back to running before the enemy gets the chance to shoot you.
우리는 세계가 함께 사는 지구촌의 현재(안전한 경제와 평화로운 주권문화)와 미래(공유경제, 건강관리, 평화플랫폼)를 존중하고 사랑합니다. We respect and love the present (safe economy & peaceful sovereignty culture) and the future (a shared economy, health care, and peace platform) of the global village where the world lives together.
sorry for being so blatant, but I will, all the truth in this game regarding strategy and tactics, comes down to Sid Meyers pirates and facilitating wind direction for maneouvrability in order to deal as many broadsides and recive as little as possible, the only difference is managing multiple vessels instead of one - thus a whole lot of microing and thats about it for militiary genious of the game
Great video. I have over 1000 hours on Empire and Napoleon (combined) but I just could never get the idea/grasp of naval combat. I just really never understood the tactics or strategy behind it. This video has helped tremendously and I now play most naval battles and actually win them lol
I just go on a single line formation or double line formation, because I'm too lazy to micro manage and just want some eye candy movie like action lol. Takes a toll on my economy though.
It's also because the movement and timing is so different from land battles...the UI also doesn't help... The AI's speed advantage punishes much more here than in land battles.
Once you understand the necessity for sailing in Line astern, then you will understand when to break the rules to achieve victory. The AI will minmax and micro faster than you to stay on your stern
Thanks for the vid. I've been a TW fan for more than a decade I reckon, but had never played the Empire/Napoleon games until recently, when I started a campaign as Russia, in Napoleon TW. I was getting absolutely decimated during Naval battles (and the auto-resolve did not help a bit). Your guide helped me a lot! Thank you! Cheers.
To me what helped is that I got to play the DEMOs a lot before getting the games. I ended up playing the naval battle scenario and beginning to understand it. Then I played lots of 1 vs 1 naval engagements in Napoleon Total War or battles between multiple players, each with a single ship. Good times.
Cool tactics, it will surely improve mine. But at the end dont bother chasing them even if you are faster, if they have not surrendered they will fight you, going after them makes them fight you in small groups. Once they start getting away while fighting let them start doing it. But then try to form a line like in the start and wait prepared to shoot. They will go from having the wind advantage to going against a line of ships and against the wind too. As much as they try to "flee" and fight, they can only do it if you follow.
For the first third of the video I was thinking: Hey, didn't you just re-create the Line Astern Formation but manually? Then you broke the pattern as the British fleet broke up as well. And then it was just dogfighting and goose-chasing, but with your fleet in a massive advantage. I have to commend you on making this look vicious. While I am outmaneuvring and defeating in detail land forces 4x my size, the AI used to wipe my fleets with contemptuous ease. Then I found out how the Line Astern is effectively used, and my chances got better. Good to know I'm not the only one playing this decade-old game today :)
group ordering and management isn't really smooth in naval combats so I'd say just slow it down and do it manually. But I gotta say, it definitely isn't an enjoyable gameplay to some
@@bildogaggins8196 Haha its good to know ya heavent completely abandoned it from your thoughts like everyone on the Nexus states :p Ill keep an eye out now and then. You keep doing what ever your doing my man!
I been having an issue with the 3 day military backpack in the mod. Under some conditions like after being stored in certain containers, the backpack becomes unequippable and disappears when dropped
Just curious what FOV you are using. I play FO4 on console and PC and the guns look a million times better on console. I think my FOV on PC is making them look long and thin and I can't find the sweet spot. Thanks
try to switch the optic for ak to iron sight, then change the receivere to non ak100 series receiver(without rail atop) and then look for okp sights there
Elizabeth Leonhart realigning is a lil fucky since the mod team have to assign individual aim data to diff guns/barrels all over but they are working on them
