[Suggestion] Use change army screen to also set marching order/battle formation?

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Many people have had the frustration of that squishy unit or defenseless noblewoman getting put in the front rank.  Can the game be tweaked to either have the 9 army slots correspond to front, middle and rear ranks or can we get a few basic formations in the army management screen that we can slot our troops into like HoMM3?  

This could even be a Commander special ability if you want; or basic formations only for low-level heroes and fancier ones for higher ups.

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I wish there was something like this in the game.  I don't run into too many problems with the way the game places units at the start of battle, but there are some instances where a really squishy unit (newly built, wounded, tamed, etc.) is put right in the front and gets swarmed before I have a chance to move it.  Another way to do this would be manual placement of units before each battle, but that could be quite tedious and your idea is much better.