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numerobis

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Adding names to combat reports.
« on: July 31, 2010, 05:08:56 pm »

Combat reports are hard to read at the moment:
The Recruit does X
The goblin thief does Y
The goblin thief does Z

You can't tell if those are the same goblin, you can't tell which recruit that is, etc. It would be nice if named entities had their names included:

Urist McDwarf (recruit) does X
Igor Rapeincest (goblin thief) does Y
Vladimir Incestrape (goblin thief) does Z

Of course, if they don't have a name, the current setup is fine.
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Dbuhos

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Re: Adding names to combat reports.
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2010, 01:57:54 am »

Yeah, it's pretty confusing during big battles, especialy when you want to award the dwarf X that killed monster Y an Z.

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Rafal99

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Re: Adding names to combat reports.
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2010, 08:31:48 am »

+1
Just thought about the same thing when I was reading my reports last time.
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Re: Adding names to combat reports.
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2010, 12:36:56 pm »



Hmm?
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Re: Adding names to combat reports.
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2010, 11:06:17 pm »

Would be nice. Agree.
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