Ordering of Melee/Ranged Weapons
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Ordering of Melee/Ranged Weapons
The game allows the creator of a unit to order their weapons, and the attack dialog will display the weapons in the order they appear.
Originally, a convention was used of listing melee weapons first, followed by ranged weapons. However, back when the AI was very very dumb [1] it didn't know which weapon to pick when attacking, and so would pick the first on the list of weapons. For this reason, I made it so units controlled by the AI (back then campaign was the only mode of play, so these units were orcs and undead) had their ranged weapons listed first.
However, I find this confusing and inconsistent when I'm controlling a unit and when I attack, its ranged weapon is listed first. I feel we should move back to a convention of showing melee weapons first, then ranged weapons.
Any objections?
David
[1] It is now only 'very dumb'
Originally, a convention was used of listing melee weapons first, followed by ranged weapons. However, back when the AI was very very dumb [1] it didn't know which weapon to pick when attacking, and so would pick the first on the list of weapons. For this reason, I made it so units controlled by the AI (back then campaign was the only mode of play, so these units were orcs and undead) had their ranged weapons listed first.
However, I find this confusing and inconsistent when I'm controlling a unit and when I attack, its ranged weapon is listed first. I feel we should move back to a convention of showing melee weapons first, then ranged weapons.
Any objections?
David
[1] It is now only 'very dumb'
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I concur.Sangel wrote:Is it just me, or is this topic merely acting as a place for us to explore different ways of expressing agreement?
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