Patch Feature Sugestion: Better Battle Summary

Zylithan · #1 August 25th, 2007, 08:37 PM

I hope this is an okay place to post this...

After a battle we are told how many troops went in, and how many died. But often I care more about which types died. I can look at my current army, but I don't remember exact numbers often. I can watch the battle, but that can take a while, and sometimes I'll miss things. I was wondering if a battle report could perhaps show all units (in the same way as the screen when you give battle orders) and have a red X or something through croaked units. If one wanted to get fancy, units that got injured could also be displayed, with a heart overlay or something. This seems like it could be manageable to implement, and might be nice.

Also, battles when you storm a castle don't give casualty reports, which would be nice.

Thanks for listening! And awesome game!

Juzza · #2 August 25th, 2007, 10:04 PM

I agree, it would be nice to have castle casualties, but also, Demons seem to now be counted as normal troops in the summery instead of undead like they used to be, I'd suggest to make a Demons lost in battle variable for the summary.

Mind Elemental · #3 August 25th, 2007, 10:16 PM

I'll third that. It would be fine just to have a text summary of losses, broken down by troop type:

Helhirdings - 0 casualties of 30
Serf Warriors - 50 casualties of 50

Big distinction between that, and just telling us the losses were 50/80!

Shovah32 · #4 August 25th, 2007, 11:03 PM

Although with numbers that simple I think you might notice that you had 30 Helhirdlings left and 0 serf warriors, although I get the idea

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Sir_Dr_D · #5 August 25th, 2007, 11:49 PM

This feature would be nice. I would like to know if losses in a battle report are elite troops or militia. But this has been a feature that has been asked for a while. It does not seem to be high on Illwinters priority list.

Jazzepi · #6 August 26th, 2007, 12:20 AM

I would really just like to see a screen with each exact troop lost, including any gear or equipment they might have had for when you lose a thug or SC. All you'd have to do is use the troop's unique ID number, and display them in an army setup style screen with a different row for each troop type.

Jazzepi