JTS Melee Calculations

[TheGrayMouser]

My main question still remains being unanswered.

Regarding melee in column versus firefight in line I have to agree that stacking columns is the way to go. This is a bit sad and will force even the brits to neglect line tactics.

Im not sure what happens in your MP games but Im just failing to see the gravity of this problem...

I just launched Leipzieg and played about a bit.   I sent a stacked column of 1700 Prussians in 3 units against a french line of perhaps  1300 men ( all in line, 1 unit per hex).  The opp fire was on the low end: only once on the  approach and once when I meleed, despite that all 3 French units could have fired, noone was disordered form the shooting.   Clearly in this small sample the defender would have shot better using the defensive fire mode...

Despite the wet musketry the results of the melee against the center French line unit consisting of 500 men.... 63 attackers to 43 defenders!!!  ... This is with over 3-1 attcker-defender odds in manpower and the desultory and to date unexplained 20/0 "modifier" which must for the attcker being in column....

As a result of this the Prussian column is ALL disordered and the French can now blast it with the three line units his turn.

I suppose if you think columns versus an equal # of men in line shouls fair worse, you could Modify the PDT to increase the fatigue rate for taking casuaulties when shot and when meeleing ( I m pretty sure these are in the PDT file...)