Thought about posting in the Support forums, but I don't think this is a "bug" per se, it seems an intended feature. Either way, it's quite annoying.
Situation: Am a faction vassal. Another faction lord forms an army. Now my party stops whatever else it was doing and starts moving toward that army to join. I assume this is meant to reflect that lord has called me to join, the same way that I spend influence to call other lords when forming my own army. Most of the time, I don't want to join that army, of course. I have to quickly issue another movement order to countermand, and go back to what I was doing. A minor annoyance, but can live with that, at least for a while during EA.
The real problem (and what almost certainly is an unintended bug), however, occurs when I'm waiting somewhere, like healing up or gaining smithy stamina in a town, or waiting for nightfall to attack Army of Poachers, etc etc. If a faction army forms then, my party likewise starts moving toward the army just as described above. Except...the view on my monitor screen remains on the settlement, as if I'm still waiting there. Depending on how long I wait, when I finally leave town, my party might be halfway across the map, having moved far without me seeing it.
I'm now attuned to it and know that any time an army forms, I have to jump out of the settlement real fast and arrest my party's unwanted movement. But c'mon, this can't really be how you guys want this mechanic to work, is it?
First noticed this happening during beta e1.1.0.
Solution:
If it is intended to retain this mechanic, at very least end the Wait period, and take the view out of settlement back to the campaign map, so the player sees his/her party moving.
A much better solution would be to just junk this mechanic entirely, and not force auto-move toward a forming army at all. The notification that an army is forming is plenty enough; if I want to go join it, then I'll do so. I don't need/want the game moving my party for me under this or any other circumstances.
(edit: I now see I probably should've posted this in Feedback & Suggestions subforum. Moderator please move if deemed appropriate).
Situation: Am a faction vassal. Another faction lord forms an army. Now my party stops whatever else it was doing and starts moving toward that army to join. I assume this is meant to reflect that lord has called me to join, the same way that I spend influence to call other lords when forming my own army. Most of the time, I don't want to join that army, of course. I have to quickly issue another movement order to countermand, and go back to what I was doing. A minor annoyance, but can live with that, at least for a while during EA.
The real problem (and what almost certainly is an unintended bug), however, occurs when I'm waiting somewhere, like healing up or gaining smithy stamina in a town, or waiting for nightfall to attack Army of Poachers, etc etc. If a faction army forms then, my party likewise starts moving toward the army just as described above. Except...the view on my monitor screen remains on the settlement, as if I'm still waiting there. Depending on how long I wait, when I finally leave town, my party might be halfway across the map, having moved far without me seeing it.
I'm now attuned to it and know that any time an army forms, I have to jump out of the settlement real fast and arrest my party's unwanted movement. But c'mon, this can't really be how you guys want this mechanic to work, is it?
First noticed this happening during beta e1.1.0.
Solution:
If it is intended to retain this mechanic, at very least end the Wait period, and take the view out of settlement back to the campaign map, so the player sees his/her party moving.
A much better solution would be to just junk this mechanic entirely, and not force auto-move toward a forming army at all. The notification that an army is forming is plenty enough; if I want to go join it, then I'll do so. I don't need/want the game moving my party for me under this or any other circumstances.
(edit: I now see I probably should've posted this in Feedback & Suggestions subforum. Moderator please move if deemed appropriate).
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