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In article <3v6nhh$9...@giga.bga.com>, garble@gobledy.gook says...
>umgo...@cc.umanitoba.ca (Daniel Goertzen) wrote:

>>move or attack orders.  In WC2, I'd like to see groups of much larger 
>>size and the ability to make them permanent. (eg  Select a group of 8 
>>archers and press the 'form group' button, and then a small icon appears 
>>at the top of the screen.  Clicking on this icon later in the game will 
>>select the 8 archers)  I'd also like to see advanced formation commands 
>>such as 'single file', 'abreast', and 'box' (eg With the archer group 

>Excellent idea Dan!!  I have been thinking along those same lines, and
>it would be great if WCII would incorporate this type of grouping!!  I
>would say many battles have been lost due to frantic point and click
>operations which could have been avoided with additional code :) 

Yeah, and I'd like to see these permanent units respond as a group 
when enemies approach. I *hate* it when enemies are pounding away on
my archers while a pair of my knights stand two squares away
picking their noses.

Hmm, I'd like to be able to set units to defend things - other units
or buildings. If someone attacks the thing they're defending, the
units should go after the attacker, just like they do when someone
attacks them. Again, it annoys me when I have units standing around
watching enemy spearmen or archers shooting the building next to them.

I spend most of my WC playing time shouting at the stupidity of
my troops. Doesn't have much effect, though.


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