I know I can issue orders such as move forward, backwards, stop to my troops on battle field, etc. However, is it possible to order them to go to a specific location, or even better, in a specific formation?
For those who have played the Total War series, is it possible to deploy troops in Mount and Blade Warband the same way?
Best Answer
You can order troops to go to where you are with the "Hold This Position" order (F1 -> F1). You also can order troops to a specific location on the map by bring up the View Orders overlay (Backspace) and clicking on the map. If you don't want to order all your troops that location you can press a number key to select a group before giving one of these orders. Your troops are automatically put into either the Infantry, Archers or Cavalry group, but you can reassign them and create additional groups.
There's only one formation, a straight line, but you can do things like order your infantry to line up in front of your archers if you want. More complicated formations than that wouldn't be of much use in Mount & Blade. As soon as you troops engage the enemy it becomes a chaotic melee.