No formations in alpha17?

[Zezil]

Hi guys,

It's not an introduction topic but , hey, I'm the guy playing under the nickname "Mario"( apparentely there's already a Mario in the forum?) in the past month, so, hello to those who know me , and, to those who don't, a very big handshake.

So,

I happen to post this thread couse I tried svn a bit lately, and the "no formation thing" did hurt me so bad that i felt the need to share with you guys my feelings.

Being more serious: I must say that I did only play a few games ,so maybe it's just about "getting used to it"( if there was more time I'd have played more svn games before ,eventually, posting this ), and i feel that without formations the game lacks playability A LOT ( sorry for caps @leper).

I'll throw in an example : how do you protect your ranged dudes from melee cavs, if your spearmen cant stay in line?

So guys, comment, share your thoughts , comfort me ,discomfort me....?

And by the way, what is the problem with the basic, default formation that you had to take it out?(I can barely run the game throug its icon on the desktop, so dont go into too much technical stuff, I wouldn't understand)

To finish, a big thanks to all devs and everybody involved with the making of the game, couse it's awesome.

[plumo]

Hey Zezil,

Don't worry, formations will return. Currently the pathfinder and formations (which are interconnected) are due for rework as they consume a lot of CPU power. We'll keep you guys and gals updated.

[Zezil]

So we'll get formations back with less lag, awesome. Hope in time for a17 tho.

Thanks plumo!

[plumo]

They won't return in alpha 17 I'm afraid.

[auron2401]

Hopefully they are fully re-designed! With more features entailed!