Reply To: The Pros & Cons of Persistent Orders

[McLaddie]

Clausewitz noted that as one moves down the military hierarchy, an officer’s options go from very open to very few at the bottom.  He notes that the men commanding a company or battalion can’t be given much latitude in decision-making, everything being ‘mechanical’ because they are the least experienced officers with the most limited view of the battle.  Of course, this is Napoleonic battle.  I can imagine as the battlefield opened up and troops more spread out, the company commander or below began to have far more command decisions to make.  This also has something to do with the level portrayed by the players too.

McLaddie