Napoleonic Battles - Optional Rules Guide 1.4(4.06)

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By now the original thread based on an old out dated version of this guide, dating back to 2014, was deleted as several changes happened.
Please comment and discuss based on this current Version 1.0.

As a relative newcomer to the series I can point out two main problematic Optional Rules.

1) The main one is "Movement Threat Disorder" which is definitely over powered in its effects. Chain routes of regular infantry when adjacent skirmishers or militia are bad enough but on an overall level they drastically penalise armies that field large numbers of poor quality troops and make contests between French and Russians,Austrians or Prussians horrendously unbalanced.

2) "No detached melee"....... Logical in theory but in practice there are scenarios where some Cavalry units in particular are detached (Quatre Bras being one) which makes them totally useless for the entire scenario. Where Cavalry have lost their OIC they in practice simply appointed an acting OIC in the field so leaving such units stood helpless and unable to even charge detached skirmishers is ludicrous.