Since your attack boost is so high and you are a good fighter with your Champions, will the AO make any difference in winning your battles?
The higher the AO level, the more likely the critical hit boosts will activate, which means it's possible for my field guns to defeat enemy rangers.
8 Field Guns vs (4 Grenadiers + 4 Field Guns, 90% boosted), big no, takes 4-5 hits to kill each enemy Grenadiers if they are on the plains.
Stephen Longshanks' streategy doesn't work for me, I ended up taking more damages even when I kill the enemy artillery units in the correct orders and I back up my Field Guns to prevent the hits as much as possible. The enemy Grenadiers are too strong standing on the plains.
For me, use Field Guns to kill the enemy Rangers are even easier than the enemy Grenadiers, since I know how to lure the enemy Rangers out of the forest, then Rogue hit them.
8 Breech Loaders vs (4 Howitzers + 4 Breech Loaders, 95% boosted), absolutely yes.
Stephen Longshanks has said never use Field Guns to fight Enemy Rangers, see if that holds true when my AO reaches level 70 -
Anyway, I guess my attack boost is already too high here.
But, I have to debate Stephen Longshanks that it's just as hard for my field guns to take out the enemy Grenadiers compare to the enemy Dragoons.
These types of Field Gun battles surely very time consuming, I'd rather just use my 1 Colonial Champion + 7 Rogues, can often auto-battle.
Those Field Guns are nearly useless, but the Rogues are powerful.