no loose formation button?

[DrwHem]

really? am i missing it? im getting massacred on these siege battles with these tight formations.

[Sagranda]

Then it is time to change to something that works

[Shandor]

Just expand them by holding the mouse button and move it left or right?

[Cyprinodon]

He's referring to the unit spacing within a squad. In shogun 2 you could have you troops tightly packed for a defence boost agaisnt charges or spread the squad out to make it harder for archers and arty to hit them

[Shandor]

Originally posted by Cyprinodon:

He's referring to the unit spacing within a squad. In shogun 2 you could have you troops tightly packed for a defence boost agaisnt charges or spread the squad out to make it harder for archers and arty to hit them

I know. Played them too. Such stuff is just passive now. you dont need an extra stance for that. Dwarves just got shieldwall. There is already enough Micromanagement for most Factions. Some people are already overwhelmed by them. Look how many had problems playing Woodelves because you need to do more then just move forward into the enemys.

[Firaeveus Carron]

It's not so much that formations and stances are handled passively, it's more like they're nonexistent.

The only thing that's passive is the act of bracing before a charge.

Aside from bracing, unit formations in Total War: Warhammer aren't handled passively though, they just don't exist. Lol.


But, like Shador said, there is quite a that is actually handled passively. Units will automatically hold up their shields when they're being fired on, etc etc.

[Cyprinodon]

I miss wedge formation

[DrwHem]

im mainly refering to skirmisher units. especially now that the new city towers just murder everything i would really love to tell my dwarves to spread the ♥♥♥♥ out. I lost 300 dwarf crossbows before my siege towers even got halfway to the walls.

[Shandor]

Originally posted by DrwHem:

im mainly refering to skirmisher units. especially now that the new city towers just murder everything i would really love to tell my dwarves to spread the ♥♥♥♥ out. I lost 300 dwarf crossbows before my siege towers even got halfway to the walls.

I usualy move Archers on the side.. on most city maps the left side. If you go as much left as you can the tower cant target you because you are out of the fire Arc. In some maps this dont work and the one tower can target you still but your archers can kill the unit near the tower and it will also stop firing.

That way i get minimal dead ranged units. The Infantry is a big blob at the Gates and also safe from the Towers.

[Swimming Samurai]

Originally posted by Cyprinodon:

I miss wedge formation

Who the hell uses wedge? lol.

[StarofTanuki]

i miss https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/87/92/1f/87921fb2825026f975a0d85903660f7a.jpg

[watcherzero]

Originally posted by (ZEVA) Swimming Samurai:

Originally posted by Cyprinodon:

I miss wedge formation

Who the hell uses wedge? lol.

Wedge was amazing in previous total war games, allowed your cavalry to rotate faster and increased their impact in charging.

[Cyprinodon]

Originally posted by watcherzero:

Originally posted by (ZEVA) Swimming Samurai:

Who the hell uses wedge? lol.

Wedge was amazing in previous total war games, allowed your cavalry to rotate faster and increased their impact in charging.

Also funny to use with infantry. Set them up like spiky teeth.

[Dunadd]

yeah no loose , normal or close formation option is a pretty big loss. Especially as in a lot of versions of Warhammer Fantasy Battle skirmishers could spread out to 2 inches between figures and missile attacks on them would get Minus 1 to hit.

[BDMblue]

Some formations have it on all the time, zombies some w/e archers most don't. In warhammer TT they always used the formation or they couldn't. Was no swap.

[Snakebearer]

Saying that they are nonexistant is a blatant lie. They are literally passive in the sense that units that should be able to use the stances, like Wedge, literally have increased charge bonus and turning speed PASSIVELY.