When Reinforcements arrive... which orders do they follow?

[Helmut_AUT]

Hi all.

If I only start with half of my force in a battle (30 of 50, since battlesize is limited to 150 and total amount of enemy + allies troops already over hundred), then I should get reinforcements as my guys die off. That much is clear to me, although not exactly clear how many and how often I get reins.

But, when they spawn - which orders to they follow? Will they hold the position I told my Infantry + Archers BEFORE the new troops spawned? Or will they run off with default order "Charge"?

Generally speaking, while I understand the logic and need for the system, I really feel it takes away all tactical control from me. Especially when Allies are involved and I only spawn with Cavalry (top of my party list) with no archer support.

 

[Immoral]

Hi all.

If I only start with half of my force in a battle (30 of 50, since battlesize is limited to 150 and total amount of enemy + allies troops already over hundred), then I should get reinforcements as my guys die off. That much is clear to me, although not exactly clear how many and how often I get reins.

But, when they spawn - which orders to they follow? Will they hold the position I told my Infantry + Archers BEFORE the new troops spawned? Or will they run off with default order "Charge"?

Generally speaking, while I understand the logic and need for the system, I really feel it takes away all tactical control from me. Especially when Allies are involved and I only spawn with Cavalry (top of my party list) with no archer support.

I'm not sure about out on the field but in sieges the reinforcements will follow the orders you gave to the other troops before hand. So I would assume it would work the same way on the field. Hope this helps...

 

[Lugh]

They seem to follow the orders given to that grouping. At least, I've had reinforcement Men at Arms gallop past my fixed line of archers and infantry into the melee and had the infantry and archers (eventually) join the line of other archers and infantry.

 

[Bones40]

They will follow whatever orders are currently active for their group.  You can hit 'backspace' by default to bring up a menu that shows what each group's current order is.