They are not suppose to hold tight formation ... the meele guys are suppose to "form a line" to hold meele goblins in their effort to get close to Archer ... and that is exactly happening. O_o
No, it's really not, and that's part of the issue.
Saying what is intended or what is 'supposed' to happen is the player mapping their personal headcanon into the space.
What we
Have, is one person giving a command that, in the circumstance it is in, makes little to no real sense and did not perform any 'work' for the scene or the cinematic story-telling. It served no purpose in that sense.
What it then does is detracts from the scene as a whole, because, after shouting the line and standing next to one of his two companions... immediately after, still within the same pre-rendered and pre-choreographed cut scene... he runs forward and breaks 'rank' entirely, giving complete disregard to his own command. This is a large part of what makes it ridiculous from a writing and scene-delivery perspective (not talking about in universe here, talking about the experience of the scene from a viewer's perspective.)
There is a thread already that breaks this down in a very intelligent manner, (
Here) with a video to help discuss it, and I know you are aware of it already, Ragnarok.
This is so silly that it pretty much has to be bait.
If it looks like it, and sounds like it, then take a step back and consider carefully whether there's anything to be gained by biting. Taking a moment to refocus and think about why you're continuing an argument and if it's worth doing, or if you really want to, can save a lot of headaches, and it can help us all keep on topic without getting pulled into tangential back-and-forths that don't go anywhere.
