2Lhr vs Triangle Coalition
2-1
First of all, let me thank the Triangle Coalition for this exciting and intense Battle.
Nevertheless there has been quite some displeasure amongst our men for the reason that in the last two rounds an All Charge has been ordered by Admin Etherton.
As far as I can see, this displeasure got shared by our enemys too, so besides the fact that we won the match, there really can be said that my post right now has nothing to do with crying or something like that.
It is motivated by my wish to have the most competitive and fair gaming experience in a cup like this and it is truely not meant to create any dispute.
There are many ways to win a match - one of it is killing the enemys artillery in order to gain map control and to have an advantage in long distance fights. If an All Charge is ordered this advantage gets lost. NW has units that are strong in melee, such as Cav and Inf, and it has others which are good at firing such as Arty and Skirms.
If you order an All Charge you always favour the side with less skirms and less arty but more inf and more cav than the enemy.There are two possible results of allowing the all charge-order:
First, we, and I'm sure every other army/regiment will do that aswell, will focus on destroying the enemys cav and inf and then wait until the All Charge gets ordered, or, the second possible result: We ignore the rule and have an disadvantage against those who do not ignore it.
Having a good gaming experience is only possible when you don't limit tactics to one possible solution. By creating rules that make it tactically silly to try any other possible tactic you just destroy the whole tactical aspect of the game.
Furthermore, when you order an All Charge, every team is going to try to unify its troops before charging - in our match that has been fordbidden. We and Our enemy in the third round for example did not respect that rule but didn't got punished. Maybe because it is hard to find an appropriate punishment for that sort of rule breaking. And thats why the rule itself is senseless. It is senseless from the beginning on, but the fact that nobody will respect it anyway if you don't punish a team in an inappropriate way makes it even more senseless.
In total I and the 2Lhr are really enjoying the NWBC so far. But it could be even better if you decide to abolish this senseless all charge
