Movement Orders Should Preserve Formation By Default

TheShiroOfDalton

As the title says, if you select multiple units and move them somewhere, they should preserve whatever formation they are in by default, it shouldn't be necessary to lock formations in or use alt+movement for this effect because...has anyone ever selected a formation and then desired for them to dissolve that formation to all line up side by side at their destination? I for sure never have.

Would remove a good deal of rather unnecessary micro from the game.

Also, it should be that units marching in formation should all move at the same speed. Right now unless you lock formations, units ordered to move forward with alt+movement will get drawb apart because faster units will rush ahead and slower units lag behind. This is stupid.

Goatforce

Yep, to be honest even in a locked group I sometimes have faster units randomly rushing forwards out of formation, which is a pain.

Reeks

Agreed.

Harkovast

I agree.

TheRealIronJazZ

Unit movement is a ******* mess, along with "skirmish" mode.

TheShiroOfDalton

I really don't think there'd be any disagreement with this proposal. After all, didn't older TWs have exactly this sort of arrangement?

I must also question again why units spread out into a single line if you don't hardlock groups or alt+move at all. Why did CA think that this should be the default way for units to behave?

BrynjarK

If there could be some reasoning behind it, it could be pathfinding when you are pulling them out?

I would be annoyed if i had to alt+drag my guys to beeline out of there

BrynjarK

I checked Atilla thats the oldest i have installed atm.

Its the same. also with alt+drag.