Adjusting battlespeed / naming commanders

[PhilD]

Originally posted by Endoperez:
In Dom1, to rename a commander:

In his info screen (right-click opens that), press r. Or maybe shift+r.

And, that was removed because of three armies led by PowerMonger the Frost Father/ Sea Father/ Ice Druid. Or somesuch. You could get your enemy wondering unless he knew all available pretenders. Or because a pretender was renamed!

Only way I can think that would remove the need of this would be if pretenders/prophets etc. were very clearly named in scouting reports, commander types were mentioned in there AND in Hall of Fame. And even then this might not be enough.

OK - so what about allowing players to rename commanders "internally" (ie, just for their own use), while keeping their "official" names for all Messages to other players?

This would let one rename them based on, say, their intended use, and also make them easy to distinguish (the game doesn't have enough name examples for each nation, and tends to reuse names a LOT!)