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just passing through (depa...@netcom.com) wrote:
: Minor note on Warcraft:

: Units can play follow-the-leader.

: Isn't it annoying when you send a group off somewhere, and since they
: move at different rates, they all straggle in separately, and probably
: get slaughtered  ... ?

: But if you tell unit A to move, and then click on unit B, unit A will 
: follow unit B until it reaches it and B is no longer moving.

: What this means in terms of gameplay is that if you have a group consisting
: of, say, a catapult, two knights, and two archers, you can direct the
: whole mass to the other side of the map and have them arrive at the same
: time.  Just direct the catapult way over there, and direct the knights and
: the archers to move (NOT ATTACK) on to the catapult.

: You can also tell your units to move onto an enemy unit, and they will
: follow it faithfully (or until they are next to it and it stops moving.)
: They will fight it when they get next to it, of course.

: Anyhow, I thought it was interesting to find out something 
: new about Warcraft after having played it for a year or so ...

I've never done this myself, but I _think_ that you can also tell one of your
troops to attack an _area_.  He will move toward the area, attacking anything
that threatens him along the way (contrast with the simple move command;
your troops move, totally ignoring enemy troops)


Dean Svendsen :-das...@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au

"Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time."