Offensive posture

[Jacek]

What does offensive posture do for a besieged stack? For example, CSA is besieged in Alexandria and there is a Union force sitting in the region. Does that mean a half-hearted Confederate attack next turn ? Did this two or three times and got defeated by a smaller Union stack. So, is it better to move my stack out of town before applying this posture?

Thx

[Hobbes]

I'm surprised anything happens at all. In BoA the stack would just revert back to defensive or passive if besiged. I'll have to try this although I just used to pick up the stack and move it outside the structure if I wanted to attack the besigers in BoA (with an enter structure order to get back in - I would also
normally leave at least one unit inside the structure)

Cheers, Chris

[Jacek]

Thanks. It is somewhat misleading.You have 3 options when besieged, if you want to attack:
1. Offensive posture in town
2. Offensive posture outside town
3. Special order: sally out.

I guess 2 gives you probably the best concentration of troops while attacking.
At least it seems so.

[Jacek]

1 is apparently useless! My stack got beaten by one cavalry unit twice in one turn. There were 10 units in my stack! Does the fact that I had emplaced batteries in my stack affected the outcome? I don't understand how Offensive posture works for besieged units.

[Pocus]

this does not matter, offensive posture or putting the stack manually outside leads to the same combat. Sally out is a conditional order, only if you get a relief force.