Belay that order!

[vonskyme]

The situation: I've set up my infantry in a nice line, ordered my cavalry to follow me, then had my archers retreat a little behind the infantry to be safe. Now I go happily charging into the enemy lines, a swarm of cavalry right behind me, and just before we hit, I call the charge. Except I forgot I was still talking to the archers. Who are now running from behind their nice infantry screen. D'oh.

So, after cursing my stupidity (and running from the fight like a sissy so I can drop my shield to use the command interface and tell the archers to get back behind the infantry) I think of possible solutions, and came up with a couple of ideas:

1) add a 'cancel the last order' order. Maybe make it have a limited duration (If you haven't noticed your mistake in 30 seconds, tough), and make the troops go back to whatever they were doing. Possibly even add a short delay to the order taking effect to dictate the troops getting the message (Orders can take a few seconds to get through, especially if you're far enough away to need them relayed...).

2) Add a 'Stop!' order - make the troops literally stop where they are. Notice it early enough and a 'stop' coupled with a couple of 'fall backs' should undo the damage. Perhaps make it so that if a unit is already 'stopped' it becomes a 'keep your distance' to kill two birds with one stone.

Anyone in agreement? Disagreement? Have I somehow missed this command somewhere?

 

[Kellis Khan]

I support this. It seems perfectly reasonable.

 

[Turona]

You haven't missed the commands, but I wonder if you read through the other suggestions. I'm sure this is mentioned before.
The functions of halt would be very useful yes, among other troop commands. Cancel last order I don't know if I agree about, if you can make them stop, you can also make them pace backwards.

 

[vonskyme]

I did actually try the search, but unfortunately 'stop', 'cancel' and 'order' are a little too common, and came up with a bunch of unrelated ideas...

 

[Turona]

I did actually try the search, but unfortunately 'stop', 'cancel' and 'order' are a little too common, and came up with a bunch of unrelated ideas...

I understand. I wasn't trying to lecture you, even if that might be the way it sounded. But I believe there's something similar at the front page of The King's Court, not sure though.
Take some time and skim through the suggestions there, see for yourself. If you do find a similar thread there, I'm sure you'd like to support it.