Naming your units (gamespy preview)

[Inverse Icarus]

You can give units unique names to help you remember where they're assigned, how experienced they are, or just to add a little flavor.

i'm thinking this means we can name any unit now.

this should be fun in multiplayer, when Aeson sees a swarm of "AESON SUCKS"s approaching his cities.

(i picked Aeson because he is well known for his skill. it could have been any of you )

[kring]

It sounds like it would mean that. Since they added the ability for ELITE units, how hard could it be for to add it to all units? That would be a nice feature to have.

[Caliban]

Yes! Finally we could be able to name our ships!

SMS Caliban, Queen of the Seas!

Sounds... good.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Meh, if nothing else, would help me to keep track of the order I created units of a specific type (1st Legion, 2nd Legion, etc.)...

You can imagine the fun I'd have as the Japanese with airplane units

[alva]

I think he scr*wed up, and we can only name the units we can now.

[Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS]

You will be able to name any unit at any time in PTW.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS
You will be able to name any unit at any time in PTW.

the elusive mikey berkowitz ( ) strikes again!

[asleepathewheel]

Cool

nice touch

now I have to buy PTW

[ixnay]

Oh yes.

[Terser]

Well that pretty much seals the deal. PtW is now a must-have.

Units with distinctive names (or being able to name them yourself) makes all the difference for me in a strat game.

Empire was a good example. Without the ability to name and rename ships it would have been much less immersive. Seeing a "Battleship" sink would have had no emotional impact at all--witnessing the U.S.S. Missouri head toward the bottom always hit a little closer to home.

If PtW includes other little touches like that there may yet be reason to sing.

[alva]

Originally posted by Mike Breitkreutz FIRAXIS
You will be able to name any unit at any time in PTW.

I stand corrected

Thanks for the info

[Robert]

Cool!
After naming my capital "Robingthon" (my name is Robert) and my 2nd city "Plompingthon" (my last name is Plomp) I can give my units cute names like "Robantery"or "plompintrooper" and "robior"

[Admiral PJ]

It would also be nice if the computer could automatically name its Great Leader spawn units, on a premade selection list..
each unit type would have a few optional names for each civ,
this could be extended to having the first unit built given a special name.

Cavalry could be Custars Indian Raiders (dosen't bode well for its survival)
Transports could be the Titanic.
Panzers could be Rommels Tigers etc

I'm finding naming leader bearing units good already in version 1.21

[Inverse Icarus]

yea, a lot of people have requested this and firaxis listened.

i really like Firaxis. they're up there with my favorite game companies.

sure, i've been sour over paying for PTW, but you know what? I'm doing it. I support the people that make damn good games.

[trevor]

That's really cool; much better than naming then in the editor. Hey, Mike, are there going to be templates for the names? For instance, I'll probably name my units something like this: 1st New York Veteran Cavalry or 32nd Berlin Elite Infantry. Is there some way to have a random name generator that can do that, or will I have to do that by hand?