Does anyone use these preset formations?

[Hooahguy]

Sometimes I will use the double line when Im fighting against a stronger enemy and need the reserve component to reinforce parts of the line which are faltering. Its a useful tool though!

[Sp4]

I did a few custom battles with different factions and noticed that different cultures have different formations. Hellenic factions will have some pike centric formations with light infantry and cav on the flanks, Germanic tribes have very hard hitting formations, with lots of heavy infantry in the center while with Rome, you can actually put them in the formation they used before the state started equipping its citizen infantry and they ended up being equipped in largely the same way.

It is kind of neat.

[Kamakazi]

im not sure ive ever used one of the premades.... generally I micromanage the whole campaign

[Slaists]

they are useful to quickly put the whole force in reasonable order (once you get the hang of the culture specific formations). from that point, probably still want to manage things separately (flank 1, center, flank 2, reserve, skirmishers, cavalry, etc.)

[Sp4]

It's nice to put stuff into a rought sort of order but then, 90% of the time, I end up wanting to do something very specific and then it all breaks apart over the course of the battle anyways.

[Myth]

The one that puts the pikes in the middle and the rest of the infantry to the sides.

[Slaists]

Roman double, triple axis are pretty useful too. Actually, it's a real pain in the ... to do the checkerboard formation by hand without the preset, LOL.