units to parties? multiple units inside city hard to move?

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I'm not sure if this has been brought up yet or not, but I train like 8 peasants, all of them have spawned inside the city. I want to move them outside the city to i have to either click the unit picture individually then the little arrow above their head (which is very hard to hit, usually ending up with having to try to click it repeatedly again). So is there going to be a way to have trained units appear outside a city or be able select units ( with shift or ctrl) and turn them into a party of some kind? I have usually already researched parties, squads, etc. Any opinions or comments?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Well, if I am understanding you correctly, you can already hold the control key down and left-click to select multiple units to move as a group.  The only problem I have had with this, is when you mouse over, you only get one unit's stats until the end of the turn or some thing happens.  Even when I get them out as a unit, I tend to wind up moving one unit from the group at a time.  I have no idea how the group loses it conhesiveness though.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

when you use the control key to select units, does it seem like your pointer is a little slow or sloppish? or maybe its just me

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I feel that rather than the tiny hard to hit arrow, there should be a separate button to make them leave the city, similar to the "Launch Ship" button in Gal Civ. Either that or a button that boots all the units out (maybe allowing you to select the square you want them to go to) would be a useful addition to the UI.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DanteMalificar, reply 2
when you use the control key to select units, does it seem like your pointer is a little slow or sloppish? or maybe its just me
End of DanteMalificar's quote

 

It's not just you. My logitech mouse does the same thing.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Once you control-click to select a group of units, you don't have to click on the little arrow.  Just right click where you want them to go, and they'll all exit simultaneously.

 

As for parties/squads/companies, units must be recruited/trained as a party/squad/company in order to be one.