Troop wait on defender

I believe another decent idea would be to implement that the defender of an attack is automatically placed on wait. You don't see soilders running out of a fort if their being attacked from it they use the fort as there protection against an invading army. To have them run out is suicide it will also help those that have built troops overnight and have them sitting there instead of having the attacker place his troops on wait and pick them off one by one, the attacker them must get thru the turrets in rows two and three at least to kill those troops. Just an idea. Like to hear what you think.

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I'm having a bit of trouble understanding this..

I agree totally.

I believe another decent idea would be to implement that the defender of an attack is automatically placed on wait. You don't see soilders running out of a fort if their being attacked from it they use the fort as there protection against an invading army. To have them run out is suicide it will also help those that have built troops overnight and have them sitting there instead of having the attacker place his troops on wait and pick them off one by one, the attacker them must get thru the turrets in rows two and three at least to kill those troops. Just an idea. Like to hear what you think.

No.

Because you need to finish up the battle. Whoever online deserves to have a chance to fight. It's your fault for not being online. (lol) If the defending army is on wait, to me, it's not fair for the attacking army. They already have 20 rounds to defeat the army that their up against.

Besides, most people don't build overnight. (The more experienced ones) I only build overnight if I'm doing a 12+ hr infantry which I'll be up for. Anything else, I build in the morning, or during the day.

Most top 100 players put their devices on a timer to know when their army is ready, or food.

What is more important, is that getting people while their offline is how mostly everyone gets prestige. It's rare, to starve someone, and then they come online just in time to command to wait. (This is usually done in middle of the night)

TL;DR

If you're offline, and your troops are out, it's your fault.

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To fix both your issues, How about being able to set a "Default" strategy? Like one that will set as you start the battle?

(forward),(wait),(wait),(forward)
(cavs),(cavs),(cavs),(cavs)

Digi, if you set a "default", that could be considered as a macro (no?) and macros are not allowed, sadly

Well if they set it in the game settings, it could simply be a setting.. But good point.

[GoldenRico]

To fix both your issues, How about being able to set a "Default" strategy? Like one that will set as you start the battle?

(forward),(wait),(wait),(forward)
(cavs),(cavs),(cavs),(cavs)

100% agree and I have commented or suggested this multiple times as well. The fact is technology is not reliable and that we sometimes have the intentions of doing certain tactics but can't. I think if a general isn't there to tell troops to move forward they should automatically wait unless instructed otherwise

I agree with the OP. For the most part this game tries to be realistic(ish). Its illogical for an army defending a city, fort, whatever to leave the defence of the wall to meet out in the field.

[Taylor5555]

While this is a good idea in itself, if you are looking to the realism factor as why you think this should be implemented, you could also see that the fact that they have no commander and are caught by surprise in the dead of night, they woul be unable to organize a real strategy. This would also slow prestige gains and make the game go slower possibly losing players. On the oter hand however, it could also be viewed as a disadvantage to the defending military. If the others players catapults match yours in number, but have even a slightly better range, they can just sit and watch as your army sits still and is immediately destroyed. This in my opinion is also why they have the hunt option available besides giving you a chance for some extra treasure and money. If you are not concerned enough to remember to send your army to hunt, you shouldn't be given much of a second chance. I believe the fact that they will automatically fight for you is the best possible thing they can do.