And yet, your primary sphere of interest, the early 16th century, is a prime example of armies not maintaining solid battle lines.fogman wrote:there are ways to keep a frontline in the flow of the battle without 'watching a simulation'. the present situation of aerial dogfight is not acceptable, no more than light troops commando behaviour in fog is acceptable. but maybe it's just me.
And don't be fooled by the neat battle diagrams you see in books - they only show the position before everything went to hell.
Rather look at some of the contemporary depictions of 16th century battles, and, of course, the battle accounts, with which you are very familiar. Look at the later stages of each battle, not the initial deployments.
. I think that the very fluid nature of movement in FOGAm (and hexes) made rear hits pretty easy to get, adding flanks with the same mal effect would have made combat a smorgasboard of piling up on any enemy and evaporating them immedietly!
