Hi so we had one of our big games today. So approx 35 squadrons aside and about 20 Battalions. So we had loads of opportunities to test out various rules.
The one thing that came up was the fragility of Cavalry squadrons. Especially when they were in combat with Infantry. The number of times that a squadron of cavalry would charge an infantry battalion, win the combat and then fail their 50 close combat test was interesting. (point is it 50% casualties in combat or 50% casualties overall. eg They take 1 casualty from shooting and 2 in the combat, is that 50% or not)
Also if they do get an chance to charge a second time then even if they win there is a good chance that they will rout. This is because they are on -3 to test on the 50% test. once they go their chance of rallying is very slim due to now being on a -4. Their opponents on the other hand will more than likely just fall back and then rally.
A few of ideas to solve this.
1 Winners in combats never have to test.
2 Reduce the casualties that cavalry take by half. Or increase the 'size' of cavalry units.
3 Introduce a lost combat modifier.
Thoughts