Fire and Flee???

[Gandalf Parker]

I dont agree that no one uses Fire and Flee.
It seems to be meant to emulate the harrassing tactics which make light units useful. An army of light cavalry can keep 3 or 4 larger armys tied up by doing fire-and-flee. An army of slingers can be useful with the tactic even causing the routing of important enemy units such as elephants.

Of course I wouldnt mind a fire and pull-back instead. I have used fire-and-flee to use cheap units to draw the enemy front line into a gauntlet of hvy infantry on hold command. It is irritating to have to gather the flees from another province each time. Having a fire and pull-back would I think better emulate historical field tactics.

Another option Id like would be for "guard commander" units to be more willing to shoot anything in range. Then I could have them guard a forward commander that can be set to do 1-4 actions (hold, attack, hold or cast, hold or fire) and then "stay behind troops". That would create a fire-and-pullback that I could decide 1-4 rounds of firing for.