My troops won't stay in the groups I put them in.

[ItsAlmostHarvestinSeason]

I like battanian wildlings, but I want to keep them in the Skirmisher Formation. as well as my companions in categories befitting their loadout, Archers, Cav etc.. but they keep going into their default groupings whenever I turn my back.

 

[Reapergod36]

I had the same issue with companions, I have two that I operate as Shock Heavy Cav. Putting them in the third or Cavalry group and two I keep in the infantry slot to hold the line better while the third is the medic that I keep in an archer role in the Archer group. But it seems like every time they drop out of their groups. I've done this in the beta and in the public version and it occurs. I don't know whether it's associated with if the heroes get knocked out in battle or what. But given you're having problems with troops staying I'm left to assume the former.

 

[Sepone]

According to another thread this is a known problem (see here). The thread's status is "In Progress", so let's hope it'll be fixed soon.
There are two more threads about it (here and here), so TaleWorlds surely does know about it.
It's really annoying to reset the formations over and over, and everytime I forget to do it my mounted companions keep standing next to the infantry. ?

 

[paladinx333]

I noticed this in 1.0.0. Eleven patches later and it's still bugging me. They had time to "rebalance" all the armor though...

 

[Sepone]

Armor is important! It saves lifes!! ?

 

[Hachaman]

Same problem for me, I have not tried it with the beta

 

[Beoron]

Yeah, I am hoping for that fix soon. In Warband I liked to give my companions blunt weapons and have them be their own group so I could send them and upgraded Manhunters in when I wanted lots of prisoners, or sometimes I would charge them into an enemy charge to slow it down before my infantry were hit.

 

[Bramborough]

For me, it seems linked to loading a save. So now, it's routine when first loading a save to go through and sort the groups how I like. Companions and some low/mid tier crossbow troops seem most common to have mismatched defaults, at least in my mixed Vland/Empire/Merc composition. But then they stay right where I want for the remainder of the session. Unless I wind up save-scumming something, which thankfully isn't that often.

 

[spit14md]

I have this too. Every time I load a save it reverts to a default, so my companions with horses go back to Formation 1 each time. If you have a complicated system then it's a disincentive to save scumming

 

[Midnitewolf]

There are mods which fix this.

 

[Hachaman]

I have a mod to fix this, and it works

 

[Masakari]

And the Name of the Mod is?

 

[Hachaman]

And the Name of the Mod is?

Mod unavailable

This mod is not currently available

www.nexusmods.com

 

[Phalnax811]

There are mods which fix this.

Right but this has been a bug since Day 1 of release and hasn't been fixed yet. A new thread every week probably isn't necessary but I understand the annoyance.

 

[crashtp]

I noticed this in 1.0.0. Eleven patches later and it's still bugging me. They had time to "rebalance" all the armor though...

they did patch a lot, but please stay fair, the patches roll almost daily.. its not the same!

 

[kreamy]

I like battanian wildlings, but I want to keep them in the Skirmisher Formation. as well as my companions in categories befitting their loadout, Archers, Cav etc.. but they keep going into their default groupings whenever I turn my back.

if sargeants takeover (F6) they reassign them in battle -> that translates to campaign map and back to new battles

 

[Nordmann]

Right but this has been a bug since Day 1 of release and hasn't been fixed yet. A new thread every week probably isn't necessary but I understand the annoyance.

I would argue that a new thread each week absolutely is necessary, given how long this has remained unfixed.

If they would just shift their focus from nerfing player progression, imagine what they could get done!