Proposed new Bretonnian Lance Formation Rules...

[Simon]

At present, a unit of 12 Knights of the realm with a full command group, charging in Lance formation, has a whopping 10 attacks (not including the horses) and would average a combat resolution score of 10 (causing on average 5 wounds, plus the rank bonus, outnumbering and a banner).


Proposal 1
The Lance formation does not gain a rank bonus for each of the ranks behind the first, instead counts every full 2 ranks for a rank bonus of 1. This would reduce the average score down to 8 for the above formation.

Proposal 2
A Lance formation has no flanks, instead anything that charges the unit in the flanks counts as charging it in the rear.


I feel this gives the Lance formation a bonus, and makes it more of a risk...



Any feedback??

[El Capitan]

i dunno, i dont really concentrate on warhammer enoigh to understabd its mechanics, certainly not on the level that i understand 40k

[Charly]

i think knights in lance formation should just be treated more like a normal formation unit. instead of treating the flanks of the lance as the rear, why not simply treat flanks as flanks? that would give a disadvantage to the current rules but not such a drastic one as the -2 for being charged in the rear.
As for ranks, perhaps count a 'rank' as being every 4 or 5 knights, regardless of their formation.