Re: Q: Is Friendly Fire an issue?
 

The present orders existent for Archers are probably about the best they will ever get. Hold and attack is not bad, if you don't mind wasting them. Fire and Flee is not bad if you don't mind having to round them all up afterwords.

I generally put mine to the side and slightly back of the main troops, with either fire closest or fire archers orders. If I have flaming arrows up, I might be more aggressive with them.