[SurvivalistMerc]

Orders to not do certain things might indeed require immense micromanagement of magi.

But I don't mind that. Especially since hopefully ctrl-# would copy everything about the mage including "don't do X" orders.

Of course, I'd settle for a global or nationwide "don't do X" order that would apply to all of your combats. Because magi do some things that are really annoying like casting breath of the dragon on ulm black plate infantry that can hardly be affected by opposing infantry. Like turning adjacent mages berserk (though I hear some of that was fixed in 2.08). And sometimes you don't want your mages summoning masses of undead.

I don't want my astral 5 or astral 6 starspawns (starshine skullcap and banner of the north star) casting mind burn against massed crossbows when stellar cascades is so cheap.