Archer Tactics & Walls

[Elizabeth Lestrad]

Ok, in BFME I, archers (and all units for most part) used the line formation. This was somewhat good when you wanted to line your castle walls with archers. however, without a way to select which way you wanted them to face, the archers almost always faced perpendicular to the wall instead of parallell to the wall.

In BFME II, things took somewhat of a step backwards, with units using the "horde" strategy with a ton of units having no particular formation. This became a royal pain when trying to get archer hordes to stand on walls for defense in maps like Minas Tirith, Helms Deep, Minas Morgul, etc.

Heres something that I think needs to be implemented to unit movemets in game.

-Line formation needs to be added for archers

-Specify which way the selected units will be facing by holding down the movement button on the mouse and an arrow with circles for where each unit in the horde will stop appears. Then simply move the mouse in a circle until they are facing the direction you want.

-Line formation for archers should be all the archers in 2-3 rows.

-Since you can no longer attach soldiers to archer groups, archers should automatically switch to swords for close combat (I havnt noticed if they do or not)

[Cap'n Rommel]

I couldnt agree more, those are vital things for a defender