Renaming victorious elite units

[FenrysWulf]

One of the neatest things in PTW in my opinion is that you can rename an elite unit that produces a great leader. One of the things I've always wanted in Civilization is something to distinguish individual military units. I think it would be a good idea for future versions of the game if they allowed you to name every unit, or if that became too tedious, to just do it automatically. In the Civil War, all the regiments had names like the "5th Massachusetts" or "93rd New York." I see no reason why they couldn't just name a unit after the city that produced it and slap a sequential number in front of it. It's not a big deal, but I like when I can get attached to one particular unit that has won several key battles. When they're all called "Cavalry" you can't do that.
On a related note, it would also be neat to put something on the unit indicating how many battles it had won. That would let you see who the stars in your army are.
Finally, a question: Do the renamed elite units you get in PTW have any special abilities? I haven't noticed any, but perhaps someone else has.

 

[Chieftess]

You can already do that! Just hit the ABC icon when you have a unit selected.

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by FenrysWulf
Do the renamed elite units you get in PTW have any special abilities? I haven't noticed any, but perhaps someone else has.

No Renamed Elite unis do not get any specal abilities.

 

[Sultan Bhargash]

A named elite that has generated a great leader can not do another. An elite that hasn't, if you renamed it, it could still give a leader. That is kind of special.

The best use of renaming units is in PBEM/Hotseat games where you happen to have some time to potter around, and where you don't get to see who gets killed between turns. You can use a numbering system to figure out who got killed by the ai. Like my defenders in my first city are Royal Spearman A1, A2, my next city B1, B2, my forward forces Horsemen Wing A1, A2 etc.

 

[Yzman]

In PTW all units can be renamed with the simple push of a button.

 

[WillJ]

And the ability to rename leader-producing elite units came with a patch (1.29, I think). The new feature in PTW is that you can rename ANY unit.

 

[Cantankerous]

The ability to rename ALL units is a nice plus with PTW.

 

[FenrysWulf]

I didn't realize you could rename all units, because i had the advanced controls hidden. This is really neat.

Oh, and to the person who said that a unit that creates a great leader cannot create another one: I had the same unit create two leaders in my current game. One time the unit was a knight and the second time I had upgraded it to a cavalry, but it was still the same unit.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Yeah, after it's been upgraded it can generate another leader, but not until then.

 

[dreadknought]

Yes IVE started to assign a military rank to some elite units if they have a high number of kills and to keep track of their kills.Ive had one numidian spearman who made 14 kills before dying in a charge to take a city (which was my fault,should have stayed a defender). I promoted him up to a major before he died with honer...lol You could make your own unit hall of fame to add a bit to the game......dread

 

[gugalpm]

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