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Originally Posted by vfb
Thanks! I've always been leery of Stay Behind orders ever since my priests went charging off in close formation behind their troops. But I should give it a try when they've got decent spells to cast.
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Well, AFAIK commanders on Stay Behind Troops will do one of these things:
1) move forward, but only until they're directly behind the group of units farthest back. Archers are useful for this purpose, but in long battles they will run out of ammo and join the melee, and the commanders will follow.
2) cast spells, but they'll try to stay conscious (i.e. they prefer not to go over 100 fatigue). This may be useful because they can retreat, or perhaps with communions.
3) fire ranged weapons if they have them
I'm not sure how they prioritize. In some cases they might move too close to the fighting, but I have mainly used it for my prophets in early game, so I haven't lost any to stray arrows.