Army-Wide Formation Techniques

[BigTex]

I prefer hannible's weak center formation for the double to full envelope.
__________________A
_________________MMM
_______________AHMMMHA
______________ H___G___H
__C ____________ H_____H____________C


M=Militia, other weak infantry.
A=Archers.
H=Heavy infantry.
G=General.
C=cavalry.

I usually let my archers pick off as many as they can, then retreat them to help my flanks with the envelope. My cavalry's first prority is to remove any and all of the opposing forces cavalry, then to eliminate archers in the back. I let them hit my main line and let them crave their way through it. While slowly moving my heavy infantry around and forming a double envelope. After that is formed I send in my cavalry directly into their backs and let the slaughter begin.

[Somebody Else]

Because I don't fight fair.

Sally.

Current formation for use against Mongol hordes. Ranged units up on walls, cunningly placed to make as many of Kiev's cannon towers shoot as possible, as well as puncture any that come near. A unit of cheap but armoured infantry at the gate to run in and out taunting the nomadic morons closer.

Make a cup of tea, read the 'paper. Come back to see a distinct lack of horde.

[Grimmy]

I had something here to represent my basic formations for both equal force on force and when outnumbered but the forum software here dosent seem to recognized spaces and I have no clue how you got your stuff lined up without it all stacking against the left side of the page after hitting submit, so... oh well, life is hard when clueless lol.

[OMGLAZERS]

I had something here to represent my basic formations for both equal force on force and when outnumbered but the forum software here dosent seem to recognized spaces and I have no clue how you got your stuff lined up without it all stacking against the left side of the page after hitting submit, so... oh well, life is hard when clueless lol.

I would just put it into MS Paint or something, or just use ___ to replace spaces since the board has unwisely decided to not include the code tag in the forum formatting

[Quillan]

Running the army of horse archers, I generally put all the horse archers in a single line. The elite guys go on my left flank, the basic guys go on the right. All of them set up in pretty much a square formation, about as deep as they are wide. When the battle starts, the left and right wings both wrap around the enemy. The left wing, being as that's the unshielded side of most knights/infantry, stays on the left side. The right wing will generally go all the way around to the rear if there is room. The general, and any shock cavalry I may have, stay centered in the rear, well out of reach. The army skirmishes until they either run out of arrows, or the enemy breaks. Any unit that routs and moves away from the mass is pursued to destruction by one unit, which will then return to the line.

[OMGLAZERS]

I prefer hannible's weak center formation for the double to full envelope.

I really like that formation; where'd you pick it up?

It seems like one of the major points of the game, army formations, isn't covered much by the game or the forum.

Pick it up from a history book, perhaps?

[BigTex]

I really like that formation; where'd you pick it up?

It seems like one of the major points of the game, army formations, isn't covered much by the game or the forum.

Pick it up from a history book, perhaps?

I picked it up in a history book. Except the exact crescent doesnt completely work on the games engine. It looks like a stepped crescent ingame but the there's no way to really display that on the forum. If I could figure out how to change the game from taking pictures as TGA's to something like a bitmap then I could show you.

It's quite useful. More so in EB and RTW, which I would use phalanxes on the flanks. Stepping back crescent the enemy to engage 2 units at once, meaning ones going to be on its flank wreaking havoc on morale.