Being able to choose what men you want when entering battle

[Settra]

I would like to be able to use my Horses or archers..or combine them in any way I want..instead of the computer just pulling some that it want...

and how to arm them..with swords/shields.... armor...even if I have to buy the armor for them myself...

 

[The_Underliner_]

If you put your archers/horsemen at the top of teh
list then they go into battle.


Just A Little FYI

 

[Akodo]

This doesn't seem the case to me... Although the soldiars higher on the list seem to enter combat more, it does seem to me that it also chooses some soldiars of lower priorities.
I would like to know this mechanic more, also.

 

[wolfschanze]

yes, thats true. the mechanic selects more soldiers from the top list but includes also some of the bottom. so the soldiers on the bottom come to fight, too. i think its for not only "training" the good soldiers you have on the top, but the bad ones, too.

 

[neotemplar]

A higher percent of troops on top enter battle, however when attacking with allies the mechanic is altered and I often get large amounts of my bottem troops (not allies either) in the party. You should be able to choose what you take in, especially between rounds of battle as sometimes you may want to mix a few archers in to wipe the unarmored foes if you took down their knights in round 1..

 

[Volkier]

The game selects the soldiers at the 'top' first. Once those become wounded / unable to fight / dead the list goes further down. When the battlefield allows for more of your party to enter, the soldiers at the bottom are moved in (from what it looks like now).

I would suggest:
1) either having a percentage of specific unit, which players can set (eg. 40% unit A which is cavalry, 40% unit B which is infantry, 20% unit C which is ranged units)
2) allow for separating the same unit group into two. (eg. currently if you have 10cavalry of the same 'tier' they would be stuck in the same group. Separating those 10 into 4 / 6 in different groups would allow for something like this:
- group 1 - Player
- group 2 - 5 unit A
- group 3 - 3 unit B
- group 4 - 4 unit A
- group 5 - 5 unit C
- group 6 - 7 unit B

etc. This would mean that if the battlefield supports 10 troops, you would end up with player, 5unit A + 3unit B + 1 more unit A on the field, hence would allow you to select relatively how many of who enters the fight..