I discovered a neat little trick that you can do with graphic resizing. say you want a commander to be on a cliff and watch as his troops attack some enemy held mountain a few miles away. the cliff and the hill don't have to have more than 10 tiles seperating them. just shrink any units and buildings down. (I recommend down to 10% for people, 30% (if I remember correctly) for tanks & artillery units, 50% for buildings). this makes them seem fairly far away, yet still visible. however, you will have to decrease their speed down to match their size (2 speed for soldiers, 4 for tanks) to make it seem realistic. the only thing is that you cannot resize GAIA objects, so the battlefield will have to be very bare, unless you get real creative with flowers and shrubbery.

what does everyone think?