[Soulfisher]

I prefer Wall formation (set to break formation) because it keeps your ships "all in front": they all can engage the enemey at the same time. The Dark Wing formation (a formation I've seen in some mods) also provides nearly the same results, but with more protection for the leader.

With this in mind, I created a new formation for my mod called "Command Wall". Esentially, the leader is far behind the rest of this close double wall formation.