Slitherine

It is currently difficult to give meaningful AI orders to land-based recon units (I think).
There is nothing that really suits them. Giving recon units orders to move to spefici locations does not take into account that the battlefield may change into something unforseen (yeah right).

So I would like a Patrol order similar to air patrol. You should be able to set waypoints in different general directions and also be able to set a strength level where the recon unit would head back towards friendly lines and repair.

Well at least, if you give it low aggression, it will disengage. That's percentage at which the unit will disengage (air will return to base or exits map)... so 100 is total reckless, 10 will flee at the first hit. With various triggers it can be programmed - but indeed a pain in the A