I played Montebello in solo mode, about four hours of gameplay observing what was happening : only graphic problem I noticed is a blue line crossing the battlefield sometimes appearing in 2D view when orders are displayed on the map. No bugs detected, all worked fine. I observed carefully the AI moves, in my opinion single corps deployment and management have reached an excellent level, I played a defensive battle and the AI acted in a way I appreciated a lot : once completed the artillery deployment the AI started bombing two regiments on my right wing, I observed the morale of my troops lowering under the bombs and partially rising when I sent another regiment in support, after that my envolved regiments had to face the charge of some enemy cavalry regiments, the cavalry repeatedly attacked on the flank, first it was rejected by my infantry squares and line musket fire but finally won the combat. I could go on describing the battle, I repeat that the gameplay has reached a very good level, just an idea on how improve the corps management : it would be good to have the possibility of deciding where to place cavalry and artillery respect to infantry when orders are given ... I mean for example "defend + type of formation (line, column etc.) + place artillery on the right or on the left or behind.
Just a pair of bad particulars that should be discussed from my point of view : I noticed that cavalry behaviour is better, it seems that cavalry initiative is more limited and regiments tend to remain attached to to their corp ( JMM could you please confirm you worked on cavalry behaviour with this last patch?); in my opinion there are still too many regiments leaving the field or being prisoner, maybe it's my fault becouse I must learn how to manage the morale and mantain the control of
my units, I'd like to know the opinion of other skilled players on this argument. Another thing I'd like to discuss is the artillery behaviour when attacked by infantry : I noticed an entire artillery regiment destroyed by enemy musket fire, I think a situation where artillery is flanked by infantry and exposed to musket fire is quite unhistorical, maybe it should be introduced a "reacting" rule for artillery menaced by musket fire.
Thanks
Andrea
