[delacroix]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
The tendency of fliers to cut off routers is a VERY GOOD THING, not a bad thing!

The few losses you may take are nothing compared to what you might lose if you allowed them to escape and regroup.

Reading Norfleet's response, I think it's a very plausible tactical option to be allowed to purposefully have flyers (or any unit) to be on reserve to attack 'only' routing units much less to engage routing units freely. Killing all escaping enemies may not win any diplomatic awards, but it certainly can turn the tide of war.

However, Vynd also has logical reasoning for not wanting his units to engage routing enemies or to avoid routing units... Of course attacking routing units does entail some risk as routing units can still fight back to a certain extent and as PVK stated its abstractly portrayed in the game, however there is no option present to avoid routing units entirely. Of course the developers don't have time to implement every little mini-order, but I think Vynd has every right to say 'this stinks' because the current combat options in regards to routing do not cater to his preferences at all if he wants to avoid those routing units.

In the perfect world we'd have an order to allow or not allow units to attack routing enemies, and then everyone would be happy to a certain extent... maybe combat expansion should be considered for dom3 hehe .