# Formation Fighting
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [April 25, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819 "2022-04-25T22:59:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@4R53N1C](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/4R53N1C)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819/1 "2022-04-25T22:59:03Z")
It would be dope if you could actually issue detailed commands to squadmates and order them into formations like a shieldwall. A solid shieldwall with some pikes behind them would be very nice if you can train the NPCs to fight effectively in formation.
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### Author:  [@spicyshadow](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/spicyshadow)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819/2 "2022-04-26T19:20:03Z")
Would be an interesting idea. Such a system would also make your companions a lot more usefull by giving you greater control of where they go or are in a fight.
Example 1: Group one are heavily armoured and armed melee fighters that engage the zombies only when they get within a few squares of their group while group two is made up of people with ranged weapons that stand in a line to prevent people from going in eachother lines of fire.
Example 2: You get a few of your companions to get on horseback and direct them around to distract and shoot zombies from horseback.
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### Author:  [@Unoriginal\_Overlord](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Unoriginal_Overlord)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2022, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819/3 "2022-04-29T22:23:06Z")
I just wish i could tell them to go to a specific tile.
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Panariello](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Michael_Panariello)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/formation-fighting/27819/4 "2022-10-14T23:27:56Z")
Just need a line formation is all to have them hold the end of the road while I venture forward