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Re: combat strength quick glance
« Reply #15: May 02, 2011, 02:50:02 AM »
-1 for it's impact on immersion.

In fact I would like to see all numeric unit stats replaced with adjectives.

Could be as simple as very bad, bad, average, good, very good but would prefer more descriptive descriptions..

Training: Raw, Unskilled, Competent, Skillful,  Elite,
Morale: Mutinous, Grumbling, Content, Happy,  Elated
Cohesion: Shambolic,  Disorganised, , Organised, Unified
Equipment: Derelict, Damaged, Worn, Used, Pristine
Captian: Novice, Inexperienced, Seasoned, Experienced, Veteran
CS: Weak, Average, Strong, Formiddable

Your unit page would say something like..

"The Dragon Slayers are a strong unit of competent, organised archers with derelict equipment and a seasoned captian named Boris."

CS would be replaced  with the CS adjective everywhere and the sentance description could be a mouseover on the army list, potentially a chance (per unit) of it appearing as a mouseover on on scout reports too. Region/army totals would be based on the per-man average compared to the 0-100 theoretical average.

As head-counts would still be shown and the relative strength of units it would still be possible to strategise but it would be  more vague, more immersive and more realistic.

This would be oh so nice. I don't even care about all the fancy mouseover stuff, but the basics of beginning to replace numbers and percentages with descriptors and more immersive and atmosphere fitting words would be great.

Because, honestly, combat (which so often pointed out to be the main focus and central tenant of this game) is still the LEAST SMA and LEAST atmosphere inducing part of the game. It is hard to even TALK about combat and strategy and even remotely sound SMA or natural.
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