Dragoon engagements are usually quick and very bloody, owing to the combination of high destructive power, low defense, and low morale. Even against light cavalry, Light Dragoons usually lose and take heavy casualties (unless they are able to fire a volley first). This makes them poor candidates for prolonged close combat against anything other than skirmishers, mobs, and other light cavalry. This is only true when the dragoons are very close to the infantry when firing at the edge of their range, for example, friendly casualties are high.Īlthough Light Dragoons are formidable missile cavalry, they fare rather poorly in melee, and have very poor morale. Like other missile cavalry, Light Dragoons have a height advantage over infantry and can fire over their heads in most circumstances without fearing for friendly fire. However, their mounted and dismounted stamina are calculated separately, so if they're exhausted whilst mounted, they'll be fresh when dismounted (assuming they haven't already fought when dismounted) and vice versa, their horses will also recover stamina whilst dismounted, and the men will recover stamina whilst mounted - meaning if they're exhausted whilst mounted, it may be better to temporarily dismount them to protect their horses whilst they recover. As with regular dragoons, light dragoons have the ability to dismount, although this ability is less useful on light dragoons given their usefulness while mounted. However, they more than make up for this by their ability to fire while in the saddle and while on the move. Light Dragoons have slightly inferior melee statistics to regular Dragoons. The officers and men welcomed the change to a role that had a higher social status (and usually better pay rates). Historically, dragoons lost their role as mounted infantry over the course of the 18th Century, and became another kind of light cavalry, although they retained the name. Their horses give them strategic mobility, allowing them to police large areas effectively and come to the aid of the local authorities. Light dragoons are also useful in suppressing riotous and rebellious civilians. This is not an accurate weapon, but is no worse than any other smoothbore. The main weapon carried is a shortened musket, originally termed a "dragon" or dragoon (like "rifle" the term came to be applied to the man carrying the gun). In battle, this is unimportant as light dragoons dismount and form a skirmish line to harass an enemy and screen the main body of their own army. Their horses are for mobility, not for any shock value in battle and are often little better than nags and ponies, rather than decent warhorses. Light dragoons are mounted skirmishers, riding to a fight on horseback, then dismounting and then engaging the enemy on foot. Light Dragoons are missile cavalry in Empire: Total War.
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