What do I mean? Well, I was recently playing Total War Warhammer II as Karak Azul and I was placing my dwarf warriors in a line, ready to combat some goblins, and then I had a thought occur to me: Wait a second...
So basically, instead of making a station order and saying 'occupy this general area for a bit', you can create a station rectangle where the entire squad stays within that triangle and tries to occupy only one slot at a time, with a toggleable setting that forces them not to chase enemies around and remain in place (they usually come to you anyway). That, paired with being able to give individual orders, would then allow you to make actual formations with your units, like lines of spearmen blockading a passageway with crossbows firing over their shoulders (without them stupidly running off) and maintaining some semblance of actual order. This would not only make battles much cooler in my opinion, considering you dont have Urist McWarrior running off from the rest of his squad and wading into the depths of the enemy force only to be killed by the sheer number of blows causing blunt force trauma to his limbs and instead Urist McWarrior standing solidly by Melbil McWarrior and fighting side by side in a single spot. This album is basically my thought process:
https://imgur.com/a/IFWpDgbWhile I think the old station command should still exist, it should be more of a move order whereas you have the option to actually position your units in a more concise area for better tactics and, potentially, more !!fun!!, especially considering the updates that are on the horizon concerning raids, pillages, and attacks on other places. Coming up against a row of human pikemen positioned near the gate of a castle might offer some pretty hard deterrence!
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