Why can't I deploy a unit on the same tile as the commander?

[Oddible]

The unit can occupy the same tile as a commander but when I click the deploy or leave army option it won't let me place it on that tile, only on adjacent tiles. Do I really have to move my commander 1 tile over, deploy the unit, then move my commander back - seems silly.

 

[Methos]

Yeah, I'm hoping they fix this.

 

[99-percent-sure]

The unit can occupy the same tile as a commander but when I click the deploy or leave army option it won't let me place it on that tile, only on adjacent tiles. Do I really have to move my commander 1 tile over, deploy the unit, then move my commander back - seems silly.

I wonder if this is one of the things they'll adjust as part of "refinements to army unpacking" when the update drops on Tuesday. It actually makes combat a little more difficult not being able to unpack a unit where the commander is standing. You wind up with crap like archers auto-deploying onto water tiles, etc., and being taken out of the fight, or being so far back they're out of range.

 

[CliffCo]

Having the promotion that allows you to move after unpacking helps resolve this issue but it's not ideal.

 

[Taefin]

Hoping that the refiniement is:

A) drop units on commanders tile.
B) don’t consume commanders movement to use unpack-all action (it needlessly forces you to unpack manually which is free).

Secondarily hopeful:
C) remove one click from individual unit unpack by clicking commander, units, and then right click on an unpack location.
D) don’t unselect commander after upgrading/unpacking a unit if there are more units packed in the commander.

 

[King of Prussia]

Hoping that the refiniement is:

A) drop units on commanders tile.
B) don’t consume commanders movement to use unpack-all action (it needlessly forces you to unpack manually which is free).

Secondarily hopeful:
C) remove one click from individual unit unpack by clicking commander, units, and then right click on an unpack location.
D) don’t unselect commander after upgrading/unpacking a unit if there are more units packed in the commander.

id also add an upgrade all troops button instead of 1 at a time

 

[Graethyenne]

Part of what is odd to me is that if you don't have enough room around a commander for all of the packed units and you do the mass unpack, a unit will land in the commander's space.

 

[Yzman]

The understanding that I have with the unpack option seems to be more of a what is your target button. So I go next to the city I want to attack, push unpack on the city. This aligns everyone in optimal layout for attacking that tile, including on the commander square.

 

[AriochIV]

If you do the automatic unpack, it will sometimes put a unit on the Commander's own tile. Which makes the inability to choose it manually extra stupid.