Rosletyne
Warrant Officer
Proposal:
Add options to filter attached and unattached units in the army selection screen.
Similar Ideas:
Several variations of this idea have been posted, including these:
Sort Military Units by Attached and Unattached
Easy Management of Unattached Military Units
Improvements to Army Management Screen
Visual Enhancement to Identify Which Building Units Come From
Reason:
The issue of not being able to tell at a glance which units are attached to which building and which are unattached is now several months old. The introduction of the Alcatraz great building made the issue worse, since it enabled players to have large numbers of unattached units, making it time consuming to find the attached ones. It was said in the most recent of the above threads that the devs were thinking about it, and now we got a new army management screen, which not only failed to address the issue in any way, it made it much worse.
Previously the order of the units in the pool did not change when units were added to or removed from an army. Now it does, which means that you have to start searching from the beginning after finding each attached or unattached unit, whichever you are searching for. This takes considerably more time compared to before.
Previously the tooltip containing the only indicator of whether a unit was unattached appeared almost instantly when the mouse was moved over it. Now there is a one second delay. It may not sound much, but it is cumulative. When searching from a large number of units and fighting a large number of neighbors, it can add up to over an hour.
In short, the recent update took an old and known issue and turned it into something intolerable. Something needs to change.
Details:
I would propose that next to the dropdown where players can select which age of units to view, another dropdown is added with the options "All Units", "Attached" and "Unattached". When all units are shown, the unattached units should always be sorted to the right. Also, in the tab where all unit types are shown, they should be sorted by type after being sorted by age, and last by attached and unattached.
Or, there could be a simple icon shaped like the letter "U" in the corner of every unattached unit. It would get the job done.
Visual Aids:
None should be necessary.
Balance:
Irrelevant.
Abuse Prevention:
Irrelevant.
Summary:
The game has needed some way, any way, to quickly identify which units are attached in the army selection screen for a long time. It was the number one issue in the old army management screen. The fact that the new screen only makes matters worse is a slap in the face to the players.
Add options to filter attached and unattached units in the army selection screen.
Similar Ideas:
Several variations of this idea have been posted, including these:
Sort Military Units by Attached and Unattached
Easy Management of Unattached Military Units
Improvements to Army Management Screen
Visual Enhancement to Identify Which Building Units Come From
Reason:
The issue of not being able to tell at a glance which units are attached to which building and which are unattached is now several months old. The introduction of the Alcatraz great building made the issue worse, since it enabled players to have large numbers of unattached units, making it time consuming to find the attached ones. It was said in the most recent of the above threads that the devs were thinking about it, and now we got a new army management screen, which not only failed to address the issue in any way, it made it much worse.
Previously the order of the units in the pool did not change when units were added to or removed from an army. Now it does, which means that you have to start searching from the beginning after finding each attached or unattached unit, whichever you are searching for. This takes considerably more time compared to before.
Previously the tooltip containing the only indicator of whether a unit was unattached appeared almost instantly when the mouse was moved over it. Now there is a one second delay. It may not sound much, but it is cumulative. When searching from a large number of units and fighting a large number of neighbors, it can add up to over an hour.
In short, the recent update took an old and known issue and turned it into something intolerable. Something needs to change.
Details:
I would propose that next to the dropdown where players can select which age of units to view, another dropdown is added with the options "All Units", "Attached" and "Unattached". When all units are shown, the unattached units should always be sorted to the right. Also, in the tab where all unit types are shown, they should be sorted by type after being sorted by age, and last by attached and unattached.
Or, there could be a simple icon shaped like the letter "U" in the corner of every unattached unit. It would get the job done.
Visual Aids:
None should be necessary.
Balance:
Irrelevant.
Abuse Prevention:
Irrelevant.
Summary:
The game has needed some way, any way, to quickly identify which units are attached in the army selection screen for a long time. It was the number one issue in the old army management screen. The fact that the new screen only makes matters worse is a slap in the face to the players.