Once in a formation, the group will travel at the speed of the slowest unit. Use formations once, and you will never go back to the normal click fest that is combat in other RTS games. Along with formations, combat stances of the units are selectable, which lets you set the aggressiveness of your troops, as well as tell them to stand their ground. This is useful in preventing units from being led of to the slaughter as they attempt to follow a stray enemy. Units can be set to patrol, guard, or follow other units, in addition to their normal combat roles.
Idle peasants are a problem no more, either.
A button has been added that will find idle villagers, and allow you to put them back to work doing the dirty chores around the end. All of the buildings in the game are finely detailed and look fantastic. This is a Box formation.