The 1 guy alone in the back no retreat strategy ...

[PvK]

Yes, I think the actual issue is with some of the AI decisions, mainly Fire Closest firing 30 missile attacks at one crippled slave.

I think spreading up the light units is a valid tactic - it's just that in some ways the AI's response is too simple, inefficient and predictable. As Gandalf said, it makes sense to be able to create decoys - the replay reveals the ruse, but the men on the field don't have such an omniscient perspective, and at a distance can't always tell Sir Supertough apart from Ugh the crippled slave with a costume on.

I don't think routing should be increased, though. Wizards in particular would appreciate the value of an intact diVersion. If anything, I'd suggest tweaking the AI so it attacks a bit more judiciously in the problem cases (taking target unit size/strength into account a bit more, such as distributing missile fire better amongst the available targets, rather than concentrating everyone on the one closest unit).

PvK