Formations

Starting from the top: Line, Square, Oblique, Crescent, Prongs.

• Formations are chosen at the outset of a battle, during the Officer's Mess.
• Each dot shows strength and the arrow points at a weaker formation.
• Units not in a formation are a mob.
• A unit knows formations according to its Experience: Green knows no formations and always fight in mobs, Regulars know Line, Seasoned Troops know Line and Square, Veterans know Line, Square, and Oblique, Elites know Line, Square, Oblique, and Crescent, and Super-Elites know all formations.
• A unit using a strong formation has +20 Victory Points and a unit using a weak formation has -10. Mobs always have -5 regardless of the enemy's formation.