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[NTJedi]

Would be 100 times easier for the developers just to place the Laboratory at the top of the scroll list.
Throw Item Away should still be left at the bottom... since that is rarely used.

An alternative work around for Magic Items is using Renaming. It makes it quite a bit easier if you have a Abbreviation code you use for your commanders to find certain items, like Dwarven Hammers, etc.

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by Zen:
An alternative work around for Magic Items is using Renaming. It makes it quite a bit easier if you have a Abbreviation code you use for your commanders to find certain items, like Dwarven Hammers, etc.

Only works if Renaming is turned on, which isn't the default.

Actually, that's one that irks me - given that it seems like a majority of MP players want renaming turned on, couldn't the default be switched on that?

(Personally I don't much care for the idea of renaming the leaders to show the items or magic - it just isn't ... thematic. N2D2, N2D2_DH_RW_EB? *shudder*)

[NTJedi]

Originally posted by Cainehill:

Actually, that's one that irks me - given that it seems like a majority of MP players want renaming turned on, couldn't the default be switched on that?

I agree the default should be turned on... the naming convention done by the game is not exactly the brightest.

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Cainehill:
(Personally I don't much care for the idea of renaming the leaders to show the items or magic - it just isn't ... thematic. N2D2, N2D2_DH_RW_EB? *shudder*)

I think it underscores the dronelike nature of leaders and units in a wargame, no matter how hard you try to give them personality. Ironically, some leaders are so identical and so dronelike that you don't even bother to rename them because they're all exactly the same, with absolutely no variety whatsoever.