Rodion Romanovich
04-26-2005, 17:29
As you know there is a possibility to mod the group formations in R:TW. However, those changes can't be modded without causing multiplayer incompatibility with any other mod that is in all other aspects similar to the config. Therefore, I'd be glad if EB implemented some better group formations than the ones currently present in vanilla R:TW. One formation in particular I really, really want is the "heavy flanks, light middle" for phalanx lines. What I mean is that if I have a line of phalanx units I want the best units on the flanks and the weaker units in the middle, a formation which I modded into vanilla myself and found extremely effective vs AI, but I can't mod it into my installation of EB without causing incompatibility in multiplayer, thus making multiplayer with EB impossible unless the EB team has this feature already included in the mod. Some other formations that would be really practical are of course: "light flanks, heavy middle" etc. instead of those ridiculous 3 lines bla bla that vanilla R:TW have. Honestly, how often are they used? It's so simple to draw up 3 lines individually but so hard to manually fix each line so that heavy troops end up in the correct place etc.
Anyway - will EB implement better group formations? I've already heard about implementation of better AI formations but I believe the group formations - the "strong phalanx flanks, weak phalanx center" in particular - is really important for gameplay, and something I use almost always when I can because it's usually a lot more effective than strong middle and weak flanks in my experience, or one strong flank and one weak flank too for that matter, although the latter is effective for legions in my experience.
Anyway - will EB implement better group formations? I've already heard about implementation of better AI formations but I believe the group formations - the "strong phalanx flanks, weak phalanx center" in particular - is really important for gameplay, and something I use almost always when I can because it's usually a lot more effective than strong middle and weak flanks in my experience, or one strong flank and one weak flank too for that matter, although the latter is effective for legions in my experience.