I disagree with a lot of what you have to say. Some of your general advice is ok but a lot of it is also naive and will lead noobs down the wrong path.
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Uh-Nu-Buh said:
2. Place your strongest defense/armor/resistance units in the middle. This is where the majority of arrows and spells hit.
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Like this for example. Why would you put your heaviest units in the place where they are likely to take the most fire? This is where your chaff goes.
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4. Missileers. You can put these forward on the flanks and tell them to fire 3 times then retreat.
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Don't ever do this. The fire and flee command effectively causes the units given that order to rout, making them next to impossible to collect when the battle is over as they will be scattered all over the adjacent provinces. This will be particularly disasterous if you are on the offensive.
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6. Mages. In general put these in the middle of packs instead of to the rear. They can augment nearby troops, send out lightning bolts and fire darts, and not get as targetted.
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Not true. Troop blocks actually draw MORE fire, not less. If you really want to protect your mages you put them with 2 bodyguards in a large empty area which is bordered by blocks of troops. In this way you trick the AI targetting routine into not firing at them because they are too loose of a target.
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8. Mages. Giving field mages personal gems can make them far more powerful.
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Path buff spells are the more commonly used and less expensive route to increase magical power on the battlefield.
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13. Elephants. Elephants and other big units that are powerful, but lightly armored should be protected appropriately.
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Reasonable advice here actually but the key thing with Elephants (and any trample) is morale, rather than position. You need to make sure that the squad containing tramplers has a morale which is next to unbreakable by adding in really high morale units. Helps if they are really slow to so the tramplers outdistance them and the "morale base" of your squad cannot be attacked.
Generally speaking tho, if you want tactical advice you should just go back to the dom2 forum and do a search. There are reams of data there from old veterans on all the tried and true tactics. 95% of them still apply to dom3, trust me. Additionally, going to the IRC channel will be exceptionally useful for new players to get gameplay advice