@Dejan @Duh_TaleWorlds I appreciate you folks weighing in and providing feedback, I don't want to assume anything, but it's nice seeing it despite a lot of hostility and brigading that is done here.
I wanted to ask some questions regarding formations and troop ordering outside of Order of Battle, some are points of clarification.
1. I have read on the forums that when you delegate command, a lot of more specialized battle tactics are locked behind a Tactics skill. Is this true? I tried to see this for myself by delegating command at 275 Tactics versus 1, and I noticed text such as "Horse archers are doing hit and run" and "Archers are shooting behind infantry screen" at the higher levels. If this is True, can we have Tooltips or text added to specific levels or the overall description of the Tactics skill?
2. Related to #1, is there plans to expand the formation & troop orders to allow the player to use these? I am very interested in ordering my cavalry to protect the Flanks or have my Horse Archers / Skirmishers perform Hit-and-Run tactics to bait enemy formations into charging me.
3. Are there plans to include Encyclopedia entries about the AI Profiles/Troop Formations, formation types, order types, etc.? I feel the systems are much more complex and I learn new things all the time about them, having a place to read more about it would be great. E.g., it would be great to know Advance vs Charge, what happens in Fallback vs Retreat, what the target prioritization for Skirmisher vs Light Cav vs Cav is, etc.
4. Are there plans to expand the Troop Formations and their AI behaviors? I made a few suggestions related to the UX of these (Light Cav, Skirmishers) and based on responses from
@MRay (tagging you here just in case I am misrepresenting what you meant) and it doesn't seem like there are plans for these right now. I think it would add a lot of flavor, even just getting some Voice Acting and in-battle icons for these would be helpful.
5. Are there any plans to allow us to select the initial deployment composition for Sieges and field Battles when Order of Battle is ready for production? Right now it's a random sampling of what % of Infantry/Archer/HA/Cav gets spawned in which can be detrimental depending on the Army I am facing.
Thanks in advance for any answers you can provide!