(06-17-2012, 09:57 AM)Poor Yorek Wrote: ^
I didn't suggest that the IG can't do anything, just "not much." From context, I thought it was clear that I was simply pointing out a unit of *relative* weakness (or, perhaps, a unit whose DF factor does not correspond to its actual utility?) that, as I recalled, had been discussed previously in the same vein as the ATR.
Of course, in your stack suggestion, one now brings in the three-units-in-a-hex col shift along with the artillery col shift. So DF and BF attacks vs. that stack will be punishing in return. Is the added firepower to shift to the 16DF col worth the shifts to be suffered by the Grens (and the IG itself) against enemy fire?
In all my plays, I have yet to see a unit that does not have a function, which I believe is more important than strength or weakness, as all the units have both. What function a unit brings to a scenario allows you to use all your units rather than discounting them because they are to "weak". If you think this, you well keep all of your "weaker" units out of the battle giving your opponent advantage.
As for the stacking, I would not need to set them up in a "triple decker" to achieve the result. I leave it to you to see the how to do this.
