I'm done with this. What I hope is that someone will come along, take the ideas, and create their own game with them.  interesting that no one has thought of it before.  I've been looking at recent Rome-themed( Classical) games and there aren't any new RTS games.   Search online for RTS games. Then search for recent ones; there's nothing.   We have this. It just appeared to me; it looks primitive but it doesn't look conceptually bad.

Dude, who do you think you're talking to? lol   You know nothing of code, let alone the code of any of these games.   You mentioned TW, so I riffed off of that. I've always said that it would be closer to BfME2. I've been talking about and debating the subject for like 15 years now. You assumed the motivation to include battalions was for "cosmetics." I gave examples of how it would not be merely cosmetic.    Battalions are a holistic approach. What you are talking about is a half-assed approach.    Yes. I've met this challenge before in very in-depth and well-debated discussions dating back years.   The pathfinding already needs significant work, and if battalions were taken as a new feature, then that work would go towards making battalions (formation fighting) work, instead of making mosh pit fighting and formation fighting work (your suggestion).    ^This guy says I underestimate ramifications...   ... I've been a part of the development of this game for 21 years. I understand perfectly what's feasible.   

Samurais

Special abilities are indeed something lacking. Regardless of the direction the game takes in its design, having special abilities would be an asset in any case. And it's something that's realistic to implement.

Maybe it's better to focus on smaller changes first. Like implementing a "special attack" mechanic by giving some units either passive or active special abilities.  These are even described on some documentation pages, but they're still not implemented. Perhaps the most famous is the ability of Hastati to throw pila at nearby enemies, before going into melee.