Although never fixed, many mods to help the AI have some "I" and use something approaching a formation rather than a mob / abattoir.


Some way of having "dynamic linkages" would help - units are told to be on the right / behind / in front of other units and move to keep this true. Obviously things would alter during a battle, and so the linkages would be altered to fit. I'm sure we all do sort of the same thing with trying to keep blocks of archers behind the spears / swords. But positions are fixed in terms of the map, not the army, so when one area is heavily pressed and gives ground, the archers end up in melee rather than backing off.