Allow different unit types to stack with the "escort" function

[SupremacyKing2]

Here is my idea: use the existing "escort" function to be used with melee, ranged and cavalry units. So for example, an archer could be "escorted", essentially stack, with a spearman.

I think this idea would keep the essence of 1upt but reduce unit congestion and allow more interesting combined arms tactics. For example, you could escort an archer with a swordsman and have a 2 unit stack that could range attack and melee attack the city. In the late game, you could "escort" a helicopter with an mechanized infantry army unit to create something a lot like modern battalions.

 

[MagicCuboid]

I think 2UPT is a pretty good idea, and it would probably help the AI more than it would hurt it (a good thing) without returning to the doom stacks of Civ IV. They'd just have to standardize the mechanic to avoid confusion; I'd just have ranged be escorted by melee, simple.

Personally I was really excited about the new "Corps" and "Army" mechanics until I realized they're unlocked very late in the game. It's underutilized IMO.