[Mod Request] Please remove forced march

**Enosu** · February 23, 2015, 03:08 AM

I can't believe this stance still exists. It is absolutely infuriating in almost every aspect. Although they slightly revamped it by lowering the fatigue rate of the units instead of automatic ambushes, it is still stupid annoying, and even more so now that the AI is more aggressive.

As the Huns, I have random factions abandoning their cities to chase me down, and because they use forced march, they track me down quite quickly. When it should take them a 10 turns or so, they come at me in only 5 turns. So while I'm busy razing and sacking some poor sob, this random ass forced march faction is coming balls to the walls at me a third of the map away. What's even sadder is when I attack them while they are in forced march, and absolutely crush them due to the fatigue penalty.

Another example is when I fight a large battle and a few scrubs manage to flee the scene. They then enable forced march and scuttle away before I get an opportunity to completely cut them down. If I want to hunt them down, I must sacrifice a few turns, thus giving an enemy the opportunity to recover, not to mention lose my positioning and planning.

The only benefit to forced march is when I quickly need to redirect my armies/hordes in case of emergency or when I need to quickly transport them without waiting a bajillion turns. However, I'd rather lose this bonus than deal with when the AI decides to use it which is all the god damn time.

TL;DR: Please remove forced march!

**whiskey30** · February 23, 2015, 04:51 AM

Imagine being chased by Huns and then imagine wanted revenge against a faction for what they did to your home and people. You would run like the wind or chase them to the ends of the earth to kill them. I think it makes for better campaign play with the aggression I don't see the problem with it but that is just me.