My point still stands, if you don't immediately regret picking light infantry as your continued role in the first lb you attend I'll eat my stovepipe.
The most utterly useless class I've had the displeasure of being forced to play 25% of my line battles.
That's a very narrow minded view. I personally believe that Light Infantry used with a small amount of riflemen is an excellent practice. Light Infantry have excellent shooting stats, better than that of riflemen and they get bayonets so they aren't horse fodder like riflemen.
Yes, they are kind of the bastard child of line infantry and skirmishers, but they don't exceed at shooting, they are for most intents and purposes almost identical to line infantry when shooting, get your hand on a rifle and its a different story however. Their melee stats are shoddy at best, very comparable to riflemen in that regard. But honestly, if a commander has any degree of situational awareness he shouldn't be without line support at any time, unless of course said lines have the "RUN MOTHER*******!!" sentiment.
My point is: Lights don't really outmatch line infantry in either shooting or melee, and they get trounced by rifles at range, and are still comparable in the melee if rifles get their hands on muskets, and even with rifles if they are competent enough. They are inferior skirmishers in most situations due to significantly more harsh restrictions in most lbs. I just don't see the damn point of them. In the end I guess I'm a bit more biased than most, but still. Stay line, play rifles or nothing at all. Let us not spam this thread any further, there are other mediums we could use.
