How about a pre battle deployment phase?
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Arthur Pendragon
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Needless, pressing 1,F1,F6 buttons once then setting deployment doesn't take much time.
ix K 3 1 7 H xi
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To be honest I wouldnt really care about Formations though picking what troops you wanna take with you into battle i'd like.
Richard7666
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This would be a godsend for siege defense. Having archers lined up properly on walls instead of just a handful and the rest all clumped together ready to suicidally melee (especially in siege tower battles they tend to do this) would be great.
Kaeriel
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Perhaps a compromise of allowing a deployment phase in certain situations, such as during a siege, or in a field battle with a noble's army. If you are fighting an ambush, you realistically wouldn't have enough time to set up your troops. So, the logical answer would be creating one, just in realistic situations.
AndreSo
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Great idea.
Or add a paus function like in Total War.
Watching heavily armoured spear men come in I'd love to be able to click pause, order my cavalry to a new position, tell my infanftry to use blunt weapons and so on.
Then again that would make unit movement unrealisticly effective I guess. It's suppose to be hectic and up to you to be fast with your orders.
Or add a paus function like in Total War.
Watching heavily armoured spear men come in I'd love to be able to click pause, order my cavalry to a new position, tell my infanftry to use blunt weapons and so on.
Then again that would make unit movement unrealisticly effective I guess. It's suppose to be hectic and up to you to be fast with your orders.
PrinceGhaldir
There is a pause cheat, thats good enough. Combine it with Edit mode and your all set for making videos.
truth is life
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I was actually thinking about this...I think, in certain situations and modified by certain skills (Leadership and Tactics in particular) this would be a really great addition to the game.
Which mod for the old m&b had that?...err.. I remember..I think it was Rus 13th Century.
Archers in front!
Then infantry then cavalry...it was a nice feature having all your troops scramble to their formation right as you start...
Someone should get that snippet of code from him..
Archers in front!
Then infantry then cavalry...it was a nice feature having all your troops scramble to their formation right as you start...
Someone should get that snippet of code from him..
Teutonic Archer Knight
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Absolutely realistic and useful. YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!
I'm for it. I hate having all my archers rush to the breach in sieges and ignore the vantage points where they could hope to score some kills without being axed in the head. Having them spread out a bit would probably increase my casualties but make it so much more epic and video-worthy, too.
As_Always
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I would love a pre-battle deployment. I would predict much more indepth battles, tactically, adding a new level of depth and decision to fights. There'd obviously still be an option for normal "EVERYONE CHAAAARGE", for the less tactically-inclined commander, but I maintain that even a simple deployment of troops would be a godsend
Even the ability to give different commands to the different groups - "Archers and infantry hold, infantry 10 paces foward, cavalry, follow me!" upon starting the battle - would be very useful.
Even the ability to give different commands to the different groups - "Archers and infantry hold, infantry 10 paces foward, cavalry, follow me!" upon starting the battle - would be very useful.
Urlik
Sergeant Knight
it would be great if you could deploy your troops and issue commands before the battle started
but it would be much better if you could also give formation orders that they obeyed (maybe have this dependant on leadership so that if you only have low leadership they are more likely to break formation and charge)
but it would be much better if you could also give formation orders that they obeyed (maybe have this dependant on leadership so that if you only have low leadership they are more likely to break formation and charge)