Quote Originally Posted by Rapidly
Thanks Bee, that's what I meant, they seem to go back to their default ranks when moving in groups. Would hate to have to micromanage every unit if there's no way to keep 'em in the formation I want. Oh well...
Well, when this happens, I move the army in piecemeal by groups (less micro managing but micro managing nonetheless). Or pause the battle, select a group, and then draw the entire group on its destination. But this means depleted units in that group will have less depth than the non-depleted ones. So this is my last resort and I settle for the "ctrl" plus left click, which will pretty much guarantee at least that groups will line up in similar angles.

Ha ha

You are right; you can't avoid micro managing in this game. That's part of the fun until you get tired of it really quick. And I lost the point of keeping my battle line tidy since the AI opponent has a habit of opening up gaps all over its line.