[.915 Expected Casting Improvement]

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Dear kickass eFe developers:

Please implement a method for selecting multiple targets for any spell that allows multiple castings. 

ie. Buffs (stone skin/regeneration/ etc) 

I was in dire straights and needed every buff possible to survive a Magnar attack. Eventually after preparing my army of 7 troops with several useful buffs I was able to win. So to cast one spell, click cast/pick the spell/click army/click target/click confirm, that is 6 clicks (not including the initial page turn) so that is 42 clicks to get everyone one buff, and I applied about 5 buffs which is about 210 clicks to prepare. Each time risking clicking the unforgiving 'end turn' button accidentally. 

Simply adding a 'shift' toggle multi select for targetting the buff would made life easier. 

Saving custom (or repeatable) lists of buffs to cast on army members would be amazing. 

ie - perhaps you have a list of default buffs that apply to various combat situations (cold/fire) resistances etc...

 

 

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Good idea.  Anything to reduce micromanagement would be welcome.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Well I am all about micromanagment, but it doesn't have to be as tedious as it is now :)

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Well, its already set up so you highlight the unit and click cast. They should just copy AoW 2 where you click to highlight, click again to unhighlight, and however many are selected get the buff when you click cast.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting UmbralAngel, reply 3
Well, its already set up so you highlight the unit and click cast. They should just copy AoW 2 where you click to highlight, click again to unhighlight, and however many are selected get the buff when you click cast.
End of UmbralAngel's quote

This is the most intuitive way I have seen, I really liked that about Age of Wonders Shadow Magic, a lot of the spellcasting UI made rather good sense (to me anyways xD)

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

It would have to check you have enough mana though. ;-)  Maybe you could only select the number of enchantments of that type that would not bring your mana under 0?

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting StevenAus, reply 5
It would have to check you have enough mana though.  Maybe you could only select the number of enchantments of that type that would not bring your mana under 0?
End of StevenAus's quote

It did so in Age of Wonders too ^_^ I thought checking mana came natural.

Sincerely
~ Kongdej

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, that's what I meant :-)