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Quote Originally Posted by 360madden View Post
Even if its not actually actually using a Follow macro maybe theres a way to move everyone in a group while holding formation.
Quote Originally Posted by 360madden View Post
only problem is that this would work only for short distances because small variances in the direction individual characters are facing make them break away from the group.
If we could efficiently move around in formations more people would be doing it.