Micromanaging armies and commanders

[HJ]

Originally posted by Elmo:
HJ

While reading your post I kept thinking of Braveheart where Longshanks fires on his own men as well as the Scots.

Seriously though, can you set your front line troops to Hold while the guys behind use up their ammo or do indirect fire troops have unlimited ammo? I've only played the demo so far and don't know the answer.

Regarding forts, I could have sworn I saw the AI build them in my Last demo game.

Elmo

They will hold for only a couple of turns, while the ammo will Last for much longer with virtually anything other than javelins. The most serious problems arise when your troops are chasing the routers - missile units fire regardless, and since most of the troops in the area are yours, and they are far away so projectiles fly all over the place..... it's not pretty.

In any case, these are my gripes. Some people have others, like inability to adjust battle speed, which don't bother me personally, but these I mentioned do indeed.