This is something that should really be improved. You should be able to tell the minions to be aggressive, defensive or supportive INDIVIDUALLY, which means a different command for each selected minion(s). Moreover, you should be able to tell them which demigod the commands are applied to. Sometimes, you want them to be aggressive for your teammate while you go solo.

1. Aggressive priorities

a. attack enemies who are attacking the general

b. attack enemies who are attacking a minion

c. attack enemies who are close

d. keep attacking even if the general moves

2. Defensive priorities

a. attack enemies who are attacking the general

b. attack enemies who are attacking a minion

c. attack enemies who are within range

d. keep attacking while staying close to the general

3. Supportive priorities

a. attack enemies who are attacking the general

b. fall back when attacked but do not leave the general

c. attack enemies who are within range

d. move if the general moves

You should be able to tell them to patrol using waypoints.

You should be able to scatter them randomly by pressing a key.

You should be able to tell them which formation to follow. Pyramid, wall or surround.

1. Pyramid - melee units in front, missile units on both sides, support units at the back.

2. Wall - all units form a wall in front of the general

3. Surround - surround the general to intercept enemies around the clock.

Otherwise, the whole point of being a general becomes useless. Too much micromanagement demanded means that a general is not so general-ish.

I like to micromanage my minions but I wouldn't say no to better ai for them while they are passive either. I usually need to move them away from the enemy towers now and then.

agree on the follow button but beside that nothing need to be added

Agreed, SubtleSalmon.

I would like to know how much DPS I am getting out of my minions.  HP you can get indirectly by hovering over them but it would be nice to find it elsewhere.

The primary thing I would like to see from minions is the ability to tell them to hold position.  I find it really annoying when I want to sit out of range of a tower and harass or creep and my priests keep running in and dying to the tower.

Minions  are pretty well done.

I usually select all minons and have them attack a DG of choice. There's a hotkey for 'select all minions' and i mapped it to where I can comfortably reach it.

In the case of Oak I often select just all spirits, cause flying units can ignore crowds and are even better for killing DGs.

Sending units somewhere while holding the CTRL key makes them attack everything in their path, which is often more useful than just running on.

And occasionally I have to control singe units because their pathfinding got them stuck somewhere.

It's easy, efficient and doing everything they should. No need to include detrituts from the stone age of RTS just because some are used to it and can't get it in their head that this game is not about the troops.

I'd like the pathfinding routines improved, though.

I think they're mostly fine after you've spent some time with them.

Though a generalized Passive Agressive Defensive  tab wouldn't be out of the question.

Well, the minion AI as it stands is simple: Detect and attack the nearest enemy target. This be quite frustrating when I am capping a flag, and half of my army decides on it's own to attack a tower, with obvious results.

You have to actively control them; otherwise, they will wander off on their own and get themselves into trouble. Minions can be a general's most powerful weapon, but you have to tell them where to go and what to do. 

QFT. Minion pathfinding is somewhat less than ideal at this time. I can't count the number of times that I have had to shepard one little lost lamb back into the fold. I have had them wander off the map entirely, or more often into the map, where they should not be, just hanging in space. When this happens, there is not much that I can do, other than to die, and respawn.

You can control any one of your minions individually. Highlight them and give your orders. Sadly, the only orders I can give now are 'go here', and/or 'attack this'. If at any time a minion has a conflict between your order and it's 'prime directive' (detect and attack an enemy), it will default to it's prime, and you will most likely lose it. Priests are the only minion units that are a real problem. Minotaurs are melee units, and are expected to die. Your ranged units are generally pretty good. (except for their pathfinding; the 'lost lambs' I spoke of are more often than not ranged attackers). Priests should NEVER be used as offensive weapons. Their primary purpose is to defend their master, and should always hold behind the lines. 

Minions can be a general's greatest weapon. I just need more control over them. 

+1

Hehehe. Weren't you reading? There are no problems in micromanaging units in demigod. It's way too easy compared to, for example, warcraft 3 (3 heroes, 30+ minions, and MACROmanaging the huge base from scratch, in my case that is) although you keep stressing the word newb and keep saying that we're too newb to handle a teenie weenie demigod and a few minions. A demigod and 8 - 10 minions? Come on.

WE ARE SIMPLY SHARING IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE THE GAME BETTER. Sure we can handle it but we're constructive critics, understand? This forum is used to help the developers fish ideas. That's the reason why they created this.

Now, we aren't telling them to code the program in 3 days. Nope. We are trying to share with them our ideas on how they can improve the game (period). It's up to them to decide whether they want to implement it or not. Get it?

Give them some ideas for a change, instead of just agreeing with the ideas of other people or saying "you guys are all newbs" (talk about offensive). Is that all you got? Hehe if so, then just sit there and watch 'cause you're obviously not imaginative or creative enough to think of something to contribute.

And by the way, sheesh you really don't understand, THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS TO FIX (like you just said in your reply). It's about enhancement/improvement, newbie. Read and analyze, please. This is the purpose of critics. We criticize the game balance, technical issues, design, etc.

A simple question. Is the game better without the improved features of the AI or not? If no, then I understand the problem here hehe.

Anyway, peace.

Yeah I figured there was a kid in the thread making a fool out of himself hehe. And look he's even teasing like somebody's gonna fall for that.

Next.

Is it just me or are minion really unresponsive sometimes? Because i really hate it when I want to kill that enemy DG with 100 remaining hp before he reaches his base and my minions can't find the time to stop bashing whatever creep they happen to be standing next to.

It admittedly doesn't happen often but when it does I'm raging. Is is a case of bad minion AI or just another variant of the skills/commands-not-triggering-bug?