mob formations

**J_O_E** · November 12, 2008, 02:36 PM

i was just thinking that it would be great to see the circular mob formations, like the ones seen in rtw, for peasants, fanatics and other untrained units

could something like this be implemented in DoTS?

**McMarx** · November 13, 2008, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by J_O_E

i was just thinking that it would be great to see the circular mob formations, like the ones seen in rtw, for peasants, fanatics and other untrained units

could something like this be implemented in DoTS?

Great suggestion! I second that.

**Gwyn ap Nud** · November 18, 2008, 08:39 PM

I remember some mod that did that with horse archers, for M2TW

**sirfiggin** · November 28, 2008, 05:44 PM

nahhhhhh, circle formation silly, no group of people would fight inna loose circle.

**J_O_E** · November 30, 2008, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by sirfiggin

nahhhhhh, circle formation silly, no group of people would fight inna loose circle.

it doesn't have to be a be a perfect circle, i just used this example cause it shows a unit like peasants doesn't have the discipline or training to form neat little square formations, whenever you see a group of rioters in the news they don't from up into tight formations its a chaotic unorganized mob

**Gwyn ap Nud** · November 30, 2008, 09:24 PM

As well, Rusichi: Total War has it, for their bandit units. It's actually really handy: I use it to break up cavalry charges, before countercharging with spearmen.

**Hengest** · December 02, 2008, 04:51 AM

Well, yes peasants and such were not trained soldiers but just literally moved with the crowd- so a loose formation would be useful- also we have certain units like the heavy two-handed swordsmen which will need a small, loose and open formation. Whether we can do that is too early to say yet since we are not focussing on those kinds of aspects right now- we are focussing on the map and campaign first-
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