It is strongly recommend that you only use "elite" varieties of line infantry sparingly as their cost can weigh down even a well developed economy. In general these are nearly identical to line infantry except they may be superior in one or two stats, usually accuracy and morale, but are a great deal more expensive. Before researching Fire by Rank this tactic is even more critical as only the first line to two lines of your infantry will fire their weapons.Īs you progress through campaign mode a variety of "elite" line infantry units may become available, depending on your technology and faction. Keeping line infantry in lines makes it both harder for your opponent to break through your forces and it allows you to bring a greater amount of firepower to bear against an opposing unit at one time. This will allow you to quickly readjust sections of your line particularly in the case of flanking cavalry or if the opportunity to envelope the opposing army arises. Generally the best tactic to use with line infantry during a battle is to keep them in long lines composed of separate smaller groupings of two to four units each. This technology allows line infantry to form immobile squares which provide a massive advantage versus enemy cavalry. Finally the technology Square Formation is critical. Also the technology Fire by Rank is critical as it allows line infantry to form tighter lines without sacrificing firepower while also ignoring a small portion of the reloading time between volleys. Among these are the various bayonet technologies, socket and plug bayonet for example, which will increase the melee attack of the line infantry and allow a progressively better rate of gun fire to continue even while in melee mode. There are a number of important technologies which can drastically increase the effectiveness of line infantry. This ability makes line infantry an ideal unit to position near the center of your battles as they are not likely to break and will increase the confidence of less reliable troops. This is incredibly important as all infantry units are more prone to being broken and running from the field than simply destroyed. Line infantry units even in the beginning of the game have a special ability that makes them resistant to morale shocks. Line infantry should be an important component of all armies because they feature good generalist stats which make them useful on every battlefield versus every type of opposing force. Line Infantry are the vanilla infantry force of Empire: Total War.
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