Movement points left?

[Beiss]

This has probably been brough up a number of times, but why isn't this feature implemented:



Notice how, just under the minimap, the characters are listed. The green bar on the side there represents how many movement points these characters have left for this turn. Why isn't this in M2TW? With umpty characters to move around each turn, I always forget several, even though I "have them on a mission". Wouldn't it be great to have a bar like this, or similar:

[DrBeast]

I second that. At least in RTW there was a bar that indicated movement points left (though I never completely understood how that worked).

[Exploder]

That sort of bar was in RTW since 1.3.
I'm puzzled why CA removed that feature in M2.

[DrBeast]

Ah, 'k. I started straight from Gold so it was always there

[Arakorn]

I agree. I missed it from M2.

I thought it was in Rome from the beginning... Maybe I just didn't notice it back then?

[Ciaran S]

No, it came only with 1.3. But why it has been omitted again is beyond me, it´s handy to check whether or not you´ve already used that character. Maybe it comes back with the expansion, just like it did in RTW...

[darox]

Good idea, what I'd like additionally would be a idle char browser. I often forget about chars somewhere and when I find them they've aged like ten years or so! Not good.

[Beiss]

Alright, an "idle character" (idle meaning "hasn't moved at all this turn" button would actually work fine, too. Anything to help my distraught mind to keep track of things.

[mightyfenrir]

Alright, an "idle character" (idle meaning "hasn't moved at all this turn" button would actually work fine, too.

That was probably my most used button in Warcraft... I could never find my idle peons... little buggers! I think it could work here, but it wouldn't take into account the characters whose paths get blocked during the automated parts of your turn and that's what I get most messed up by

[aeoleron9]

The advisor once prompted me on some spare assassins that had been sitting on their arses for 5 years in the wilderness. Maybe it was triggered by a regicide mission I received at that time, but hey it was pretty nice. I'd turned off all advice long ago and now I sorta miss that ol' lady...

[darox]

Yeah, I got that too once for a few ships in the harbour.

[Beiss]

You shouldn't have to wait for 5 years though. Why would they remove a feature they had already implemented?

[darox]

Yeah, that advisor message is useless in this context. As for removing features which were already implemented, I can't really think of an answer because I'm asking myself that on a lot of cool stuff which is missing from MTW1 or even RTW.

[lesterthenerd]

Hey what game is that? Looks good.

[TheArsenal]

The characters I lose track of the most often are Diplomats I'm sending to the Jerusalem area overland through the Byzantine Empire - or to Egypt by way of the Moors. Once they have their path impeded they stop moving. I'd like a button on the UI I could click which would put large arrows over the heads of every character on the map which is idle. That way, I could sort it out at a quick glance without the back and forth.

[Beiss]

Yeah, that would be a great solution, too.

The top-most screenie is from Heroes of Might & Magic III.

And yes, some other great features from earlier installments (*cough* dismountable cavalry *cough*) are missing, too. I really wonder why.

[romanfool]

That would be pretty cool, espicially on teh list scroll very helpful. another feature i would love to see added are like number of military forces. so you just glance at a number and see that you have 10,211 men in your army total. one of for population would be cool too, but not as necessary and i suppose they already have something like that on the rankign scroll thing.

[Beiss]

That would be pretty cool, espicially on teh list scroll very helpful. another feature i would love to see added are like number of military forces. so you just glance at a number and see that you have 10,211 men in your army total. one of for population would be cool too, but not as necessary and i suppose they already have something like that on the rankign scroll thing.

Yeah, that'd be nice. Or being able to see army details and see the exact upkeep cost for any army on the campaign map, without having to calculate it yourself by looking up each unit.

[mightyfenrir]

And yes, some other great features from earlier installments (*cough* dismountable cavalry *cough*) are missing, too. I really wonder why.

The other day I had a castle besieged and all I had inside was cavalry... I was yearning for that button during deployment!

[tehhaxxor23]

god, a button which points me to the next character on the field who doesn't have a target to go to that would be HEAVEN....