As commander when you give targets and you have multiple people in the red box it will assign the target to the enemy closest to your mouse insead of closest to the player you are giving targets too which is fucking stupid. tldr: when giving targets it should be the closest target to the player not the mouse
At that point I think the class should be called "Officer", then if it can spot things to show up on minimap/mark things. Would make much more sense tbh... and remove the useless scout for a squad lead role.
but which one is the closest to a multiple selection of players? currently you get to pick a single target, so which would it be, the closest to the average of player positions? that might even be the furthest from each player - and if you pick the individually closest you basically go back to mass target times where its best to mindlessly drag a box across the whole map.
but what if they are on opposing sides of the enemy? basically N-B-B-B-N where N is a nf and B a be guy. which be guy to pick? the closest ot the furthest away might still be the furthest for a lot of your selection. when i give targets i basically scan with a and a huge box and then drag a small one around the guy i want. for me nothing will change, im also not completely opposed to it. it just came to mind before.
I never draw a box over enemies, always over my allies then the enemies I would draw a box over N then a box over B , then the other n over B if I were N If I were B Id draw a box over the target I wanted them to kill first. But with my system it doesnt matter, which n-b is the smallest distance, pick that one if you draw 2 large boxes
I remember having this conversation with security (and others), discussing the way targets should be selected (single targets) code wise. old ideas :D https://forums.empiresmod.com/index.php?threads/attack-order-priority.17536/page-2#post-438490
Frankly, if you are A dragging while having many units selected it should just give everyone their closest target
I just realized, dont read the end of the thread I linked :D Its so sad :D ( and funny ) ( like the last 3 pages? )
Could a dev reply if they are even willing to change this, no point in us discussing this if they cant or wont change it. Same for other threads, some dev commentary on wether something is good bad or undoable would be nice.
