What is the deal with tactical unit placement?

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A friend and I played this game for 4 hours (2 separate campaigns) while asking each other questions and giving each other tips as we figured something out.  For the life of us, there seems to be zero logic in where your units appear on the tactical map.  I should be able to somehow provide a formation so that my archers are NOT standing in front of my heroes; In any other game your archers would be behind other units.  What am I missing?  Is there some magical click spot that lets me control tactical unit formations?

 

At least give us a turn 0 where we can't see the enemy but I can rearrange my units before the main battle.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

No, the player can't currently control how the units are positioned. It has to be a function of where they are in the stack, since I've noticed that the position stays largely the same on the same tactical maps. You can try fiddling around with how you merge your units into the stack and see if it makes a difference.