Canister shot

[Fanstar1]

how effective is canister shot on arty for you? for me it helped me win 2 decisive engagments, at Madrid and Calais.

[Insaniac]

Very effective. Early game a junk army with some well placed artillery can destroy armies far stronger than itself.

[Horcerer]

It's the most effective ammunition by far and should be the "hammer" of your army.

[firestar587]

iv won battles where im out number 3 to one with it

its (imo) abit op as it can if you get a tiny bit of luck ONE HIT line inf (and before anybody says no you can't iv done it)

[Fanstar1]

Originally posted by firestar587:

iv won battles where im out number 3 to one with it

its (imo) abit op as it can if you get a tiny bit of luck ONE HIT line inf (and before anybody says no you can't iv done it)

yeah, canister shot can kill over a dozen with 1 cannon shot.

[ashunsley]

Cannister is usually the first tech I research. The issue is that the computer has only two basic strategies- 1) mill around in confusion and 2) banzai charge. Your general and your artillery are the computer's primary targets- place your general behind your artillery and watch the computer's army get blown to pieces.

There are some further nuances to this strategy- and sometimes the random terrain leaves you no place to deploy your artillery properly.

Late in the game you get sharpnel, which is essentially long range cannister. Howitzers get near-useless explosive shells instead of cannister and shrapnel- and their high trajectory and short range makes their roundshot pretty useless too. Howitzers are completely pointless until you get percussion fuzes, at which point they're just mostly useless.

[Insaniac]

If you're using the explosive rounds you're doing it wrong. You're supposed to make use of quicklime. Explosive rounds get a massive penalty to accuracy. Howitzers are shorter range dedicated anti-personnel artillery and can fire over obstacles.

[Teh_Diplomat]

It's come to the point that with any faction I select, my artillery technology dictates my progress in the campaign. It's extremely important to get canister shot because of the casualties it can inflict.

[Fanstar1]

Originally posted by Teh_Diplomat:

It's come to the point that with any faction I select, my artillery technology dictates my progress in the campaign. It's extremely important to get canister shot because of the casualties it can inflict.

canister and fire by rank are the priority early game.

[Faramir's Rangers]

Canister is great but you can sometimes gain an over reliance on it. I know I did and I see many other players do the same. Once I learned what quick lime can do in a siege battle it opened whole new worlds for me. I was able to go to the corner where all thier men will follow and its just amazing. Percussive Shell also has great use but that is more in Multi vs lights in light infintry doctrine. again with quick lime you can take a fort with 0 loss it is possible trust me. Try to do that with Canister which requires some up close and personal.