Raen Elvarasi said
Yet think about it like this:
BY THE GODS!
Please use paragraphs. Walls of texts do not help anybody.
If they are doing their job properly, they won't block you either way.
You do know it's a small corridor right? They can't NOT block.
You are not being surrounded by a group of Secret Service Agents, using their bodies as bullet catchers. You are surrounded by fighters. They will not be working in tandem to make a meat wall unless they are blithering idiots.
Again. It's a corridor. If we were in a LotR-esque hall of columns you might have a point. Unfortunately we are in a corridor only just large enough for Murd and Gryff to move without becoming claustrophobic. (Correction, only Gryff is, Murd is extremely uncomfortable down in this complex)
A Charger is going to charge, and a Defensive liner is going to protect you. Not smother you. Thats the clear difference between a good defense and a bad one. A good Defender will maximize his teams potential by giving them the room they need to do what they need to do, while keeping them out of harms way.
No seriously, how big do you think this corridor is?
Putting you at the front not only fucks over every one behind you, as we now have an imbalanced defense, meaning they would immediately attack you and Gryff, as you are in front of Gryff, who makes an excellent blockade for anyone from trying to help you, and they would need a quick strike and then they could run.
You're really not very good at strategy. Not to mention hypocritical about it.
Now you're saying that nobody could help him because Gryff is there. But your original strategy had the two biggest people both there.
I have my swords out, not my bow, so even if I got a clear LoS, it would be pointless. Once you are dead, they just need to pick at the chinks in our armor. If they are semi-intelligent, they would notice the hatred, and thus pick me off, further limiting options, and then probably go for Murd, as he would be the next threat in line for being an easy target.
Your plan had you at the back. You have no ability to help at the front anyway. The rest of your point stands entirely regardless of strategy. That is the problem with corridors.
Big frame, small amount of agility, little ability to work in a sync with anyone, save possibly the Centaur on the other side of the group. Keeping you in the middle of a solid defensive formation maximizes efficiency in combat, and allows for less confusion.
Keeping him in the middle of a solid defensive formation removes his ability to participate in the combat in any meaningful fashion. Which minimises efficiency not maximises it.
The Chargers can lead the way, and take the blows, effectively clearing a path, with a Defensive formation to fall back into in such case that it may be needed, along with a very persuasive cannon held by a little goblin, with two more agile fighters, in the back, providing in support and spotter functions, as well as their ability to hold their own.
Incorrect. Your strategy makes support for Murd and Gryff literally impossible. There would be neither room to move to support and definitely no possibility of safely supporting with ranged fire.
Now, if you are talking about a formation like a tight diamond Shield Wall, then yes, it would be stupid to even consider having any form of ranged unit if it can't fire over the formation. But in this case, it would be a loose formation consisting of a double double single single double, assuming Aslo were to stick by me. It could also be a double double single single single single line formation, but that would mean a less consistent defense, as the triangle in the back turns into a line, which is far less defensible. But seriously. Stop thinking about it like we are all shoulder to shoulder.
IT IS A CORRIDOR
This is a Skirmish formation. Not a 1770 British army formation.
See above. There is no room for a skirmish formation.
Think of how many people we have and the formation I suggested. In the front, there would be two fighters completely capable of front line fighting, and yes, they would be rather hard to shoot past, it would be a terrible idea either way, as a musket-type gun is fairly inaccurate to begin with.
Not hard to shoot past. Impossible to shoot past.
Imagine going to the movies. (For this example you're not allowed ot move from your chair. For this example you're also only 4 foot tall.)
Now you sit down and have two seats in front of you.
2 guys verging on 7 foot tall and 600 pounds sit in the seats in front of you. You are NOT going to see the movie.
Now if 1 of them sat behind you instead you could still lean over and see past the other one.
And hell, here you even admit that putting the musketeer (so to speak) in the middle is a bad idea.!
Then, around you, your have a loose three-point triangle of Imperium guards, giving you both cover when needed, and a good place to take a steady shot from. Behind that diamond would be a pair of fighters suited for survival and skirmishing. I, being more based around stealth, become more useful when not charging, nor being a target, thus you would have little obstruction from me, and I would think the same goes for Aslo, even though his style is different. By the way, here is another question. I assume you have played some form of strategy games. Maybe X-Com, or Starcraft, or one of the many others that fall into the broad category. If so, then tell me, have you ever fielded a ranged unit at the front of your formation?
Yes. All the time. And guess what, you give your ranged units uninterrupted lanes of fire and voila! They become far more useful and can... *drumroll* move behind a close in fighter when the enemy gets close!
It's almost like real strate.. oh wait, that's how musket formations DID use to fight.
And so did Archers in the "medieval" days and earlier. Their job was to move out front, fire and THEN move behind the main infantry forces for combat.
