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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?

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

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.

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)