the central hill for the defender

[Jilu]

This is one feature that i find strange. It gives an advantage ok,as if the defender has chosen the place where to accept the battle, however why a Hill?
Hills give lots of advantages. It does feel a lot like a British point of view (Wellingtons prefered way of doing battle). And then itwas just not one little hill, mostly an elevation of a few kilometers.
Not all battles had central hills. Lots of battles were fought in plains.
Sometimes battlefields were chosen not because there was a hill, but bacause there was a river, wood or village to protect a flank.
Eventualy It might have been better for a hill for the defender but then randomly set on the deployment area of the defender.

[hazelbark]

I have found it not that big a deal that it is a hil. It does serve also to prevent terrain from constricting defedner deployment zone. So in one sense it acts as an open space.

I have found the player effect of hills greater than the game effect.
Bullets travel uphill just as easily as straight. So a defender becomes static and you can concentrate fire.

Hills/ridges were very common. Marengo, Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Teugen, Eckmihl, Wagram, Talavera, Salamanca, Borodino are a pretty healthy roster and i didn't finish.

The POA for a hill is significant but more significant is the run up to actually getting to that level. The POA doesn't matter if you are wavering before my assualt begins.

[marco]

i agree with you
and the troop given to the attacker if the difference on the dice initiative is bigger than....
i want the ruler write an alternative

in my point of view it's too strange
and well....i'm not wellington

[bahdahbum]

But the attacker HAS to attack so the psychological pressure is on him and he has to win with equal points or 40 points more, a mere 5 % points more ...