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Leader and location for military units

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Racussa
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Military-unit -character settlement

What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

If you create a military unit, you can define traning levels and assigned ranks, but you cannot add a leader or a settlement (as place of garrison)  

How does this feature request address the current situation?

Adding two more drop-down interfaces to the military unit template (one for leader - looking in characters, the second for garrison - looking in settlements) would create two more connections, that would vice versa show the garrisoned military units on the settlement psage and the leaded units on the character page - crossreferring these pages.  

What are other uses for this feature request?

If there is need for knowlegde how many and which military units are in a settlement, this feature would create and easy overview, maybe necessary for planning a siege (or a defense against one).

Follow up


Thank you for this explanation. I can understand this choice and will adjust my articles ;-)

The Team's Response

Thanks for the suggestion! We are declining this due to the intended usage of the template. The Military Unit template is meant to be used to describe types of military formations, rather than specific military organizations. For example, under this system, a legion is a military unit (as it would explain the concept of a legion, such as its weaponry and combat style), while a specific military group organized like a legion (for example, "the 5th legion") would use the Organization template (with the Military tab). Therefore, lead and location fields don't fit the template.   We will, however, rename the template to Military Formation to make this clearer.
Current score

98/300 Votes · +22409 points

Votes Cast

  • +100

    by aLiNoTe
    on 2023-11-04 00:12
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    by edosan
    on 2023-11-03 23:07
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    by [email protected]
    on 2023-11-03 19:36
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    by prestonthedm
    on 2023-11-03 17:25
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    by zekompozer
    on 2023-11-03 06:23
    Please!
  • +300

    by Reaper89
    on 2023-11-02 23:12
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    by Jnelson12
    on 2023-11-02 22:22
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    by MasterTamari
    on 2023-11-01 22:06
  • +100

    by Lisa K.
    on 2023-11-01 20:45
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    by themrbeasley
    on 2023-11-01 16:31
    HQ AND deployed locations, some units can be spread thin
  • +300

    by Tiberius Fursten
    on 2023-11-01 16:00
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    by Ziose0
    on 2023-11-01 14:49
  • +1

    by trashdragon
    on 2023-11-01 08:46
  • +100

    by EJ_Lowe
    on 2023-11-01 05:07
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    by MattTheNeb
    on 2023-10-31 00:36
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    by magnussmeyer
    on 2023-10-30 09:14
  • +100

    by Y.Tenshi
    on 2023-10-30 08:24
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    by TheNamesJonas
    on 2023-10-29 21:00
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    by LittleSister
    on 2023-10-29 16:35
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    by ecl1psed
    on 2023-10-29 11:16
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    by Pete Nelson
    on 2023-10-29 03:03
    Yes, I think this is a needed improvement. That said, I've been confused for a long time in figuring out the distinction WA makes between a Military Unit and an Organization that is a military organization. I *think* WA intends a Military Unit to be a type of "formation" (like "armored division" whereas, a Military Organization is an *instance* of a Military Unit (like "First Armored Division"), so the Leader is head of the Organization (which already has a slot for that). The current implementation is for me quite confusing, so at the least, I think WA could clarify how the current Military Unit and Organization templates are intended to be used to describe military units/organizations.
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    by phre3d
    on 2023-10-29 00:03
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    by verdena
    on 2023-10-28 22:37
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    by Xerolo44
    on 2023-10-28 20:17
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    by leesiemay12345
    on 2023-10-28 18:49
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    by Blanclour
    on 2023-10-28 18:00
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    by Narrator90
    on 2023-10-28 09:36
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    by Carantire
    on 2023-10-28 08:03
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    by storyauthor
    on 2023-10-28 04:52
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    by Polyduces
    on 2023-10-28 00:08
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    by amelianite
    on 2023-10-28 00:03
  • +1

    by isabella11
    on 2023-10-27 20:49
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    by Nugget909
    on 2023-10-27 18:23
  • +1

    by JVU
    on 2023-10-27 16:44
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    by Gorumph_Of_Beer
    on 2023-10-27 08:46
  • +100

    by smnldc_
    on 2023-10-26 13:42
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    by Kittymonster
    on 2023-10-25 21:05
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    by A Revolutionary Unicorn
    on 2023-10-25 15:17
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    by PatchworkGod
    on 2023-10-25 07:59
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    by Eraellas
    on 2023-10-24 21:19
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    by GeekfI
    on 2023-10-24 17:11
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    by Scargo
    on 2023-10-24 16:39
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    by Alyvins
    on 2023-10-24 05:37
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    by Fiovara
    on 2023-10-23 22:31
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    by SmokingKitten
    on 2023-10-23 11:01
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    by LolyLoly
    on 2023-10-23 03:12
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    by Nordenclave
    on 2023-10-22 22:02
  • +100

    by 3nd3@v0ur
    on 2023-10-22 20:23
    I like this very much - I'd really appreciate this feature for both the sake of calculating military strength and a kingdom's general population
  • +100

    by Gaëlle S.
    on 2023-10-22 15:59
  • +1

    by AvaBoba
    on 2023-10-22 11:28
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    by Jacob-W
    on 2023-10-22 06:21
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    by Loboflo
    on 2023-10-21 22:31
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    by B-Casey2
    on 2023-10-21 22:27
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    by Sokiucito
    on 2023-10-21 20:59
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    by Lt.Insight
    on 2023-10-21 15:27
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    by moonflower-writing
    on 2023-10-21 08:58
    I agree that "Former Leaders" is a good addition to this suggestion, and adding "Leaders" and "Garrison" are great ideas in my opinion
  • +300

    by A Revolutionary Skeleton
    on 2023-10-20 18:08
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    by A Adorable Dimensional Horror
    on 2023-10-20 18:08
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    by lullabydust
    on 2023-10-20 15:37
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    by JetpackMonkey
    on 2023-10-20 10:13
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    by SebGreg732
    on 2023-10-20 07:58
    I agree with the "Former Leaders" suggestion in addition to those mentioned in the original post.
  • +300

    by Gotteru
    on 2023-10-19 21:03
  • +100

    by Kinojitsu
    on 2023-10-19 14:30
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    by Bloodfalcon
    on 2023-10-19 14:21
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    by Writing Bishop
    on 2023-10-18 22:32
  • +1

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2023-10-18 22:04
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    by PoppaeaSabina
    on 2023-10-18 22:01
    "A whole campful of soldiers!"
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    by PurpleFeathers
    on 2023-10-18 18:14
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    by Galahad423
    on 2023-10-18 17:52
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    by Fel Valron
    on 2023-10-18 15:26
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    by PhntmDrgn
    on 2023-10-17 22:16
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    by Mark0
    on 2023-10-17 21:18
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    by Hossyboy
    on 2023-10-17 20:15
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    by Tijmuhn
    on 2023-10-17 14:01
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    by truenordicwolf
    on 2023-10-17 12:56
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    by Rilameth
    on 2023-10-17 06:48
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    by Slinkadath
    on 2023-10-17 03:54
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    by Observer of the Stars
    on 2023-10-16 22:06
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    by Careen Ligh
    on 2023-10-16 18:37
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    by MKHETH II
    on 2023-10-16 17:13
    Also "former leaders" like with the Rank template. ^
  • +300

    by Blossom Tree Art
    on 2023-10-16 14:57
    Also "former leaders" like with the Rank template.
  • +300

    by Erik Lagerborg
    on 2023-10-16 10:09
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    by A Adorable Velociraptor
    on 2023-10-15 23:27
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    by NovaTerra
    on 2023-10-15 22:28
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    by Cameron_Vec
    on 2023-10-15 18:20
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    by Kuba13805
    on 2023-10-15 18:19
  • +1

    by erion keyn
    on 2023-10-15 14:08
  • +100

    by Amancham
    on 2023-10-15 12:31
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    by Scalenex
    on 2023-10-15 10:56
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    by Hotshot922
    on 2023-10-14 19:24
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    by PrismCoalition
    on 2023-10-14 17:48
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    by Willow H.R. Harper
    on 2023-10-14 06:13
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    by Lord Mcberry
    on 2023-10-14 03:39
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    by A Adorable Kobold
    on 2023-10-14 01:55
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    by Ratha
    on 2023-10-14 00:24
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    by ss2020
    on 2023-10-13 15:56
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    by hihi25e
    on 2023-10-13 14:49
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    by cow2face
    on 2023-10-13 11:39
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    by Racussa
    on 2023-10-13 09:33