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Automatic doom stacks
Thirty or more matching troops share one compact marker.
Thirty or more nearby troops with compatible owners, roles, stats and orders automatically form groups, up to 200 soldiers each. Form group lets you choose capacities of 30, 100 or 200; the choice persists until you split or regroup them. Their shared health determines fighting strength; losses reduce the healing ceiling and count as individual casualties. A normal-sized unit and small ×count show the actual surviving soldiers. Groups below 20 automatically split. Formations preserve melee contact, splash vulnerability and population use. Split group separates soldiers and pauses regrouping for 30 seconds. Lock to Home keeps selected defenders out of All units. Medium and large maps include abandoned structures: ranged troops claim them on arrival; leaving makes them available again.
Reference people: Military. Starting era: Napoleonic. Compare all peoples and eras. Interactive attack previews and films are available in the in-game encyclopedia.