Stupid ideas. This isn't the Forgotten Realms and that stupid combat engine "attacks of opportunity". Tactical battles are nice the way they are now. Don't need to go mucking them up with silliness or making them more complicated or long and drawn out.

I would like to see range factor in archery accuracy.  Better bows would improve accuracy at range.

I'd like to see these three or some variation on them. However, others enjoy faster and simplistic tactical battles. I doubt we'll see something like this unfortunatly.

In the long run there will be another expansion. The devs have indicated that there will be no LOS in this version. 

Reading this post might give you some more information:

https://forums.elementalgame.com/415575

Bows should inflict only 50 % damage at melee range

In fact, I think bows shouldnt work at all at melee range.

okay, so no LoS. No biggie. There are still several ways of improving tactical combat, here and in other threads.

Agreed. I just want to make sure we are more organized about what we ask for. 

I think special attacks and defenses could be expanded greatly. It should be about equal to the options from spells IMO. 

I would really like to have some heroes that can help the stats of the units around them.

Ex: Rebel Yell - Gives all units within earshot (2 tile radius) a boost to attack (+3 attack, +1 for every 4 points of Charisma) for three rounds. 

Ex: Command - All units within earshot receive unified orders from hero (+3 to defense, +1 for every 4 points of Charisma) for three rounds.

Charisma is a hidden stat, but it should be unhidden and used for this kind of trait. 

The current tactical system is so much better than in EWOM.   I like the feel of it - there is a mixture of fast action and concern for the fate of units built up over time that makes for fun.

We need to be careful not to make it so complex that it loses the fun factor.   Having said that I think some additions that do not add to much complexity might add to the expereince.   

Examples:

1, Better visuals on the spells. 

2. Rout after a certain % of units lost

I like the ideas about flanking and more diverse unit abilities but I want to see some option to flee combat. Give me a % chance to lose some % of my units (based on difficulty) so that when my scout gets waylaid by a golem he has at least a shot of fading into a nearby forest. I also think that units that successfully flee combat should be receive some small amount of experience, especially if you at least try to fight it out before pissing yourself and heading for the hills.

I'm all for improving tactical battles, but they can't become too slow due to fiddly detail, or large games become sloooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww.

Ideally, smaller skirmishes are resolved through auto-battle, important small fights or medium size fights are finished quickly, and very important fights or large fights take a bit longer.

Tricky target to hit.

That's the sort of thing I don't want to see. To take advantage of that, you'd have to check the armor type of every single enemy on the battlefield to ensure you're maximizing your offensive potential - and there wouldn't be any real choice involved, how do you plan for what enemy types you're going to face?

You'd end up either occasionally receiving a bonus, occasionally receiving a penalty, or constantly checking enemy stats to determine what armor they have vs your weapon.

I don't mind checking on a single strong monster or a powerful hero unit to see what attributes/resists it has, but checking every troop and monster I encounter would be annoying and tedious.

GC2 didn't have tactical combat, and research/war strategy revolved around building to counter your opponents choice - vastly different game situation than FE.

Too much detail in tac combat in a game like this bogs it down to the point where you dread getting into wars in the late game (unless you _really_ love fighting), because you can't always rely on the auto-battle to handle medium size fights efficiently.

Not jumping on you repeatedly, just stating my view on the matter

• Attacks of opportunity I see as a must. To simply be able to walk past a unit is unrealistic ...UNLESS you do it all in one move.

For example: If at the end of your 1st turn you end up adjacent to an enemy and then on turn 2 you try to walk away from them, THEN you are subject to a AoO.  BUT, if you walk past them all in one turn without ever being stopped next to them, you should be able to avoid AoO.  That way there's more tactical choices to be made,... which is good.

Then you could introduce a unit perk that allows them to attack someone even if they pass them all in one turn.

See how this all adds tactical spice?

• Bigger maps also good for me.
• Terrain bonus/negatives is important to me. Archers should get range bonuses on hills.
• Defenders should get defense bonus on top of hill.
  Should also get attack bonus if attacking from a hill if you're a Cavalry unit (chaaaaaaaaaaarge!)
• Tactical deployment of your units should be allowed. Or, at the very least the ability to set up your units before they come into contact (a la Dominions 3) should be allowed that way they enter battle already deployed in a reasonable formation.
• Range of archers should affect accuracy (maybe even damage) and damage should be ZERO at melee range.. or at the very least their defense should incur a penalty if you're in melee range of an enemy.