[Battle] Combat Tool Tips

[DeletedUser]

Summary
Implement a tooltip in battles which shows the total min. and max. damange your squad would do to an enemy squad, when you hover over this enemy squad.

Description
I think it would be nice if we could have a small popup tooltip in combat. When you hover over an adjacent enemy, it would be nice to see the damage range that you can inflict. Right now its alot of guess work to decide whether you want to attack with a unit or move it out of the way of your larger stacks. Displaying the damage range would be a very useful feature in my opinion.

Motivation
Would make the battle system more understandable, helps the player make informed choices and can contribute to more engagement in manual battles.

Possible downsides
None.

 

[DeletedUser]

You can see it if you hover over the unit in the bottom of the screen (that shows the unit order). But I agree that this is useful

 

[DeletedUser43]

I'd like to get some more response from players about this idea. It is by far the most watched idea in the Ideas and Suggestions Forum, but only one player (other than the thread starter) has supported it.

Currently, you get a tooltip when you hover over the squad in the information bar below the battlefield. An example is shown in the spoiler below. The suggested idea is that a similar tooltip would show when you hover of the squad in the battlefield.

Spoiler: Tooltip when hovering over the squad in the information bar

My question to you all: would you like to see a tooltip when you hover over the squad in the battlefield as well, or do you think that this is unnecessary?

 

[DeletedUser]

Personally , I find that this is not necessary because we can already see the "bubble" by double-clicking on the units.
But if it would help some , then I agree.

 

[DeletedUser]

While I don't think this is necessary it would be very convenient

 

[DeletedUser1095]

I don't see the need for general damage-range information in an additional tooltip- the information's accessible for people who want it.

Or did the OP mean specifics like "if I attack these 36 orcs with this squad of 18 dazed archers, how much damage would they do?" That could be quite helpful indeed.

 

[DeletedUser43]

@Mink , perhaps you're right. I interpreted the idea as similar to the tooltip we've already got, but the thread starter could have meant a tooltip with the damage your active squad would inflict on the enemy squad. Would this second idea be more interesting?

 

[DeletedUser118]

Yes, it would.

 

[DeletedUser]

Yes, the second idea would be more interesting

 

[DeletedUser]

The second idea does sound much more interesting and useful

 

[DeletedUser43]

Thanks for your responses! I've forwarded the second idea.

 

[Marindor]

We have now added a poll to this idea

 

[Marindor]

Unfortunately this idea didn't meet the minimum requirement of 20 voters, so we'll have to archive this thread now