Arty ROF - change default?

[Praesidium]

I often micromanage my Arty units and prefer to use slow rate of fire to conserve ammo.
Each time I select Fire Supt tab and then a Arty or Mortar unit the ROF defaults to Normal and I need to manually select Slow. Can I change the default to slow?

[RedDevil]

Hello,

Been there before and the answer of Arjuna is no, which is a shame if you ask me.
However as I understand it, if you order the arty to defend and set the ROF to slow, then the AI does not change this setting.

Cheers,

RedDevil

[MarkShot]

You will be happy to know that ROF for arty fire missions generated by the AI always have a ROF=LOW. What you set ROF to for the unit or force is irrelevant when it comes to arty.

If you want a ROF that is different than above, you must issue a ombard order yourself and set the ROF.

Screenshot below shows on-call mortar fire and the default ROF value.

[MarkShot]

Okay, I have reread your question. The answer is "no" - parameter defaults are hard coded in the game. However, I don't really find clicking on ROF to be that exhausting.

If you are micro-managing every gun and mortar unit, especially in the larger scenarios, then maybe you are getting carried away.

The AI does a pretty good job of targetting. Where if falls down is pacing itself with shell consumption. But you can easily put units to rest or on-call to achieve always available arty. (see the Mini-Guide thread for how to do this with no delays)