more orders and party grouping

[gilithanis]

first of all, awesome game.

i would really like to see more flexibilty in ordering troops on the battlefield. this would require (probably) being able to group units, maybe in the party screen. having a group of elite bodyguards, while i lead my troops would be sweet.

some suggestions for new orders:
-flank left/right
-charge horsemen/footsoldiers
-defend unit/group

to keep with what i think is an almost perfect level of realism, maybe new orders could only be given to those groups within earshot. similar to talking to merchants, but, of course, i will be shouting my orders.

thanks

 

[Deestan]

Nice ideas.

I'd like to at least be able to keep the nutters from killing the nobleman I am supposed to capture.

 

[eatgreencrayons]

Another order which'd help in protection quests:
'distract enemy from (group)'
which basically causes the ai group to attack enemies while at the same time getting as far away from the given group as they can. Sounds pretty tricky to code, but I'm sure it's possible.

 

[Ingolifs]

This has been suggested so many times before. Here's a couple.
http://taleworlds.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1775
http://taleworlds.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=2189