How do I tell my troops to retreat...or more like 'GET LOST!'

[cifrelettere]

The battle is over and pretty much won and I can't tell my idiot troops to retreat and let my cavalry clean up, so they sit there and take additional casualties because I can't find a way to make them reliably GO AWAY. 'Fall back' worked once (I think) but I'm not sure if it was just a coincidence or something.

So...how can I tell my troops to retreat from battle?

[blademan619]

You mean pressing Tab to finish the battle? You dont have to wait for the notification to pop up to end the battle that way

[cifrelettere]

No I mean like when there are a handful of looters left and my recruits decide they wanna keep fighting rather than let my armored cavalry or horse archers finish them off and in the process I lose 3-5 recruits. I want them to just go away without having to keep re-issuing move orders because in the heat of battle (or especially in a forest or in hilly terrain) this becomes extremely difficult.

[TrashGarbage]

Command them?
There are individual troops commands maybe go into a custom and learn them it helps a ton.

[Feudal]

What? The battle is over yet you're losing men?

That makes no sense. If the battle is over and the enemy is routing, then they can't be fighting you.


I think you're saying that the battle is ALMOST over. In that case, why would you want your troops to run away? It's not like the looter is going to just go "oh they're leaving guess I'm done here" and not run after your troops? You need to have your boys sit there and battle it out.

[cifrelettere]

Nevermind, realized it's just F7 for Retreat.

[Bumbleton]

Seems like an odd issue. Normally once the enemy routes, they stop attacking completely, letting me smack down their conga line with my ransom stick. If its the end of the battle by your own judgement, you'll have to order them away, since the AI wasn't made to tell the difference between 100 standing enemies and 10.

[Lord Meflu]

What do you mean by F7 you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ morron because F7 means for your troops that FACE THIS DIRECTION, AND NOT RETREAT. Duh. So literally no one could answered a simple question like this. GG.

[Ardariel]

Originally posted by Lord Meflu:

What do you mean by F7 you ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ morron because F7 means for your troops that FACE THIS DIRECTION, AND NOT RETREAT. Duh. So literally no one could answered a simple question like this. GG.

it was 4 years ago. Before even game was released.

do you have grasp on concept of time and change?