GoR and Afflicted Units

[DeathDaemon]

Um, I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but you are able to right click the units listed in the gift of reason display to get a better look at the unit on which you'll be spending your 20 nature gems.

[Thufir]

DeathDaemon said:
Um, I'm not sure exactly what you mean, but you are able to right click the units listed in the gift of reason display to get a better look at the unit on which you'll be spending your 20 nature gems.

That doesn't help.

Within a given unit type, the units are not all the same, and it would be better (and appropriate) to be able to pick a specific unit, rather than just unit type. One obvious example of how units of the same type may differ, is that some can have various afflictions while others do not, and clearly, you would prefer to know your GoR casting was cast on the unafflicted unit.

[Graeme Dice]

Thufir said:
Within a given unit type, the units are not all the same, and it would be better (and appropriate) to be able to pick a specific unit, rather than just unit type.

Which is why you right-click on the unit to see which one you are selecting.

[Thufir]

Graeme Dice said:

Which is why you right-click on the unit to see which one you are selecting.

Well, that's counterintuitive! At least to me, anyhow. So, in otherwords, GoR force-picks a unit for you (at the time you create your orders), but at least you can tell which unit it has picked. Do I have this right (now)?

[PvK]

Thufir said:

... Well, that's counterintuitive! At least to me, anyhow. So, in otherwords, GoR force-picks a unit for you (at the time you create your orders), but at least you can tell which unit it has picked. Do I have this right (now)?

I don't think so. I think you get a list of specific units to pick from, and can choose which unit you want to gift.

As for why not all the units might show up, I don't know. Maybe in the example, the units were different in some way you didn't know about, such as amounts of experience lower than a whole star, or home province?

PvK

[archaeolept]

no. they were identical un-GoRed tartarians, no experience, same home province...

some show, some don't. you can see this anytime you have a bunch of chaff units too - sometimes one "mechanical man", say, will show up as a GoR option. sometimes two, or three.

[archaeolept]

they don't always all show. for instance, in one (now dead) game, if i try to cast GoR, it will give me two tartarian monstrums to choose from (i have two) but only 1 monstra and 1 tartarian spirit (i have 3 and 2 respectively). there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason - the two monstrums are identical, as are the others.