[Endoperez]

What about giving mages a bonus to targeting whatever's directly in front of them (i.e. between the mage and the where the enemy is supposed to start from). If there's a squad of infantry in front and squad of archers to the side, the infantry would be more likely to be boosted. It could also be used to make mages prefer to boost SCs above normal units by putting the SC in front of the mage.


The boost should have a rather short range, because otherwise mages would prefer to cast AoE damage spells to the mixed melee in the front and not the group of knights told to Attack Rear.
The boost should not be bigger right in front of the mage. Otherwise the mage would start buffing himself and his bodyguards.