[Suggestion] Banners for unit stacks

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Would it be possible to add a small banner or flag to unit stacks so I can see which country they belong to?  Right now I can only get that info by mousing over.

Last night I wanted to invade Kingdom #1, but there were 6 or 8 stacks wandering around, and I had to check each one to see if it was Kingdom #1, Kingdom #2 (which was right next door), or neutrals.

And while I'm wishing, putting the stack's combat rating near the flag would be nice.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

They're making a HUD that will be able to tell you at a glance some basic info on units/cities. I believe Frogboy said they're purposely staying away from banners, though.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Would it be possible to add a small banner or flag to unit stacks so I can see which country they belong to?  Right now I can only get that info by mousing over.

Last night I wanted to invade Kingdom #1, but there were 6 or 8 stacks wandering around, and I had to check each one to see if it was Kingdom #1, Kingdom #2 (which was right next door), or neutrals.

And while I'm wishing, putting the stack's combat rating near the flag would be nice.
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There is an option that comes checked by deafult that tints neutrals as yellow and enemies as orange. Unchecking it will leave you with the natural colours of each faction. (while other options are developed/implemented)

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

in tactical battle screen will a unit of 4 / 8 / 20 or however soldiers be shown as 1 single soldier or will the whole unit be shown? if the later, i think it would also be cool if you got certain benefits when trooping soldiers (independent if you stack single soldiers together or built a unit from the start) bonus if you stack a unit of a certain amount of soldiers (maybe 12 for foot troops and 6 for cavallery or so), like they get a morale boost, and also a flag that represents the unity of their unit...think that would be cool for tactical battle and increase the "battle/army" feeling...also if you could maybe add a champion/sovereign to the unit which would further increase morale / fighting abilities...

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

As far as we know, in tactical battles each individual soldier will be represented. Frogboy specifically said in some of the earlier journals introducing tactical combat that he didn't want to see a knight with a number below it showing how many units of knights there actually were :P

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting Annatar11, reply 4
As far as we know, in tactical battles each individual soldier will be represented. Frogboy specifically said in some of the earlier journals introducing tactical combat that he didn't want to see a knight with a number below it showing how many units of knights there actually were
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okay...thats good, but still think squads/units should be represented together as a unit...like in mom or warhammer mark of chaos etc...

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Oh I didn't mean to say that you'll control each person individually. You can already train a "stack" that counts as one unit but has multiple guys in it, I fully expect that to carry over to the tactical combat. It's just that visually you'll have everyone on screen.