Killing own routing units

[Ser Clegane]

It's probably actually just nice the game doesn't go too deep into the political side of things, eh ? Saves frustration.

Although it might add a very interesting twist to battles if e.g. bribed troops would switch sides not on the campaign map but on the battle map (at least if such a thing would not be overdone and occur only once in a while)

[Bar Kochba]

but if you could do that then if you had a rich empire you can do it every battle and people will just abuse the power

[Ser Clegane]

but if you could do that then if you had a rich empire you can do it every battle and people will just abuse the power

I generally agree with yopu - hence my remark that such a feature should not be overdone - money should not be the most important factor here. Factors like loyalty (see old M:TW) or in which region the troops have originally been recruited could play a more importnat role
(note: I am not expecting something like this to appear in the upcoming M:TW2 - but it might be a nice way to spice up battles in future game; but again: only when it isn't overdone and cannot be exploited).

[Joshwa]

It'd be funky to have some real machinations going on- like paying rebels to attack factions while their backs are turned, etc

[lar]

or have a similar thing after the battle to kill, enslave, prison, decimate men who ran way etc. could be a way of gaining vnvs and loyalty.

[B-Wing]

I would love to see these kind of options implimented. They'd make some really interesting diplomatic options. I think the diplomacy aspect of TW games have been pretty weak so far. Rome added expanded the option greatly, but I think there's still plenty that could be done, such as these. Heck, just being able to make deals with the rebel groups would be a huge step up. Only thing is, they'd really need to improve the AI to make it capable of utilizing and preparing for such situations.

[AwesomeArcher]

the russians did it in WWII and it worked in the end. I think it would be kind of pointless, but a neat feature.