Stances

Stances provide a way to temporarily specialize your camps, forts or units in a given task. Stances differ from other ways of customizing your empire, such as upgrades and generals, in that they can be changed at any time and they always have a trade-off. For example, putting your unit in a battle line stance gives it added protection against charges, but they also move slower and have a shorter view range.

In addition to affecting your unit’s stats, stances also control a unit’s formation in the field and sometimes their behaviour in combat. For example, units in a skirmish stance will attempt to surround their target while those in a battle line will try to hold formation.