Talk:Tutorial: FAQ/@comment-119.73.248.2-20150407065056/@comment-25832576-20150407071518

The statement is correct, your friend advanced with 3 or less ships in the fleet, which sends you straight to battle without the option to choose formation.

With 4+ ships, a battle can't start until you choose a formation (and if you DC, the game will not receive an order on which formation to take, thus you will never go into the battle)