Empire: Total War Fire by Rank

Fire by Rank is the first firing drill available for research. It effectively triples the amount of firepower a commander can put in one area with line infantry. Prior to Fire by Rank being researched, only the first rank fires, followed by disorganized fire. Only Line Infantry, Guards and their equivalents, and Grenadiers may utilize Fire by Rank; after Platoon Firing is researched, Fire by Rank is exclusive to only line infantry and their equivalents.

Because fire by rank allows almost the entire unit to fire without having to form a long line, more compact formations can be deployed without sacrificing firepower, allowing greater firepower in an area. This means that a large army can now deploy both a long line to meet an enemy's long line, and to deploy a heavy firepower but compact line to combat smaller enemies.

Fire by Rank does not work against most cavalry including horse and camel riders. Instead, the first rank of infantry fire, followed by sporadic firing. However, Fire by Rank is still utilized against elephants.

Despite being able to research this technology, the Maratha Confederacy fields no units that can utilize Fire by Rank.
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[The_Viscount]

As a kid, I loved this animation. It just seemed so epic. As an adult and historian, I still love this animation. The unrealistic reloading animation where they're just pounding their ram rods into their shot for thirty seconds is hilarious. "Loading in 12 commands?" Nah, we'll just give our musket a hand job for 30 seconds and it will be ready to spew hot death. I know what I said.

[gewuerzkoenich]

Still dont know why they removed this in Napoleon. Looked so nice.

[jaystrickland]

A good test for fire by rank is line infantry vs Janissary. The Janissary have higher stats but lack fire by rank.

[cosher]

It should be round shooting, not fire by rank.

[DxGamer]

is this realistic?
I'm just asking cuz they removed this from imperial destroyer, and usually when something is removed in imperial destroyer its because of historical accuracy

[bullymaguire]

This is my strategy when i wiped out the Rebels

[tomislavbajsic]

Empire is the best a shame they removed fire by rank in napoleon 😢

[Anonymous_Gentleman]

does this only work in campagin mode? I'm not sure because I was gonna use a civil war mod because empire already has rank firing.

[tomislavbajsic]

Shooting the flag bearers is so disrespectfull 😂