Napoleon: Total War Mechanic: Square Formation vs Line Formation (Fusiliers of Line) | MELEE Combat
Nation: France vs France
AI Strength: normal
Square Formation doesn't require research in Napoleon: Total War and is available by default to all factions. It functions identically to how it did in Empire: Total War. Whereas it was only available to line infantry variants in Empire, grenadiers also have access to Square Formation in this game. Square formation is automatically available from the start of any campaign. In Napoleon: Total War, where cavalry charges are much more deadly, square formation is perhaps even more important than it was in Empire. Instead of charging headlong into squares as they did in Empire: Total War, cavalry rear and shy when near squares, significantly reducing their damage potential. Even the most powerful cavalry shy against the weakest line infantry formed in a square. Whereas a line infantry regiment could expect to lose half its men to a successful charge normally, losses could amount to single digits when in a prepared square. Infantry are also much more active in shooting from a square than they were in Empire: Total War. In most cases, cavalry cannot charge square formations and hope for a good outcome. Missile cavalry retain the option to use their guns against infantry arrayed in square formation, however, and square formation offers no defense to gunfire. Line infantry and grenadiers may only form square formation if there are 49 men in the regiment or more. This makes line infantry more likely to be able to use it, due to their larger number of men per regiment: they need to suffer proportionally more losses in order to lose the ability to use it. The cap of 49 men applies regardless of small, medium, large or ultra unit settings, making square formation progressively more difficult to use as unit settings are made smaller and smaller. A line infantry regiment on ultra settings (160 men), for example, needs to lose over two-thirds of its men before losing access to square formation; a line infantry regiment on medium settings (80 men), on the other hand, loses access before losing even half its men. A line infantry infantry regiment on small settings (40 men) lacks the ability to use square formation altogether.
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