19 v 19K troop numbers

[puggle999]

Hi,

In all of the screenshots from the upcoming patch, the troops are shown as (for example) 19.0K

I think this looks horrible and needlessly technical. The original solitary number was fine. What does this change bring to the table apart from making the map look cluttered and (I suppose) allowing WC people to have million + armies?

Paradox, can we at least have a rationale for this change ( or at least a way to turn it off without editing checksum)

Thanks!

 

[hwoosh]

Agreed, it looks awful. No longer readable at a glance, because you have to separate the numerals from the "K" (not even a space between the two).

Who on earth thought this would be a good change???

 

[GeneralPetrov]

Agreed, the 'K' is totally unnecessary, it's not like anyone's going to think there's literally a fight between 9 and 6.5 soldiers.

 

[KhanXLT]

It was explained as, " 3 ships in a fleet, but there are 3k soldiers in an army"

Clarity of information kinda dealie

 

[Umega]

I agree, it makes it look more cluttered. I wonder if it's possible to mod it out.

 

[LemonMonk]

It is ugly. Hopefully this change is reverted.

 

[Vityviktor]

Agree. I don't think it's necessary to add a "K" to indicate there are thousands of soldiers in an army, and not a couple of guys fighting battles alone.

 

[Cineres]

I am also opposed to this change. It makes the game look older, and less optimized. It would make sense in a game like CK2, where the hundreds actually count for something, but in EU4 it just looks cluttering.

However, I'm more interested in knowing if anyone is actually happy about this change, and if so, then why (and I don't mean that rhetorically; I actually want to know).

 

[Stadhouder]

It's a case of fixing something that wasn't broken. I don't think anybody got confused by that. It showed regiment versus ships, 1 regiment fitted on 1 transport, you build troops per regiment and ships per ship. It was coherent, now it's not.

 

[kvk]

If they have to make the change, at least separate the numbers from the unit of measurement. 19.0 K instead of 19.0K But it still looks ugly.

 

[Quaade]

I don't believe it's part of the game, but mod doing so. Have seen other players Have the same numbers for a while, and I believe they were in pictures from before common sense... so I won't be alarmed, since it's most likely a mod similar to nicer borders

 

[Golladan]

What does this change bring to the table apart from making the map look cluttered and (I suppose) allowing WC people to have million + armies?

It allows you to see at a glance if your stack actually has 25500 units or 25000.

I don't believe it's part of the game, but mod doing so. Have seen other players Have the same numbers for a while, and I believe they were in pictures from before common sense... so I won't be alarmed, since it's most likely a mod similar to nicer borders

Oh you sweet summer child.

 

[puggle999]

It allows you to see at a glance if your stack actually has 25500 units or 25000.

Yeah but the hundreds don't actually make much game difference - in terms of a battle, it isn't going to be 200 men close. And as a trade off, the awfulness is way too much.

 

[SknerusMck]

I only hope that it will be modable.

 

[Quaade]

Oh you sweet summer child.

We'll see, could be wrong but haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise...

 

[Will Steel]

'K' is horrible. So are those '.0' decimals in front of every unit. They should remove it. I hope they only made it for debugging purposes, because it serves no purpose other than to make the UI harder to look at.

Besides, 'K' is incorrect modern slang term to me. 'Thousand(s)' is the correct term. So instead of 35K, it should be 35 Thousand. But that would make the number even more unreadable and longer. So please, leave it as it was.

Is it because they are adding M for millions (and probably K) in Hearts of Iron 4 at the same time?

 

[SknerusMck]

Besides, 'K' is incorrect modern slang term to me. 'Thousand(s)' is the correct term. So instead of 35K, it should be 35 Thousand. But that would make the number even more unreadable and longer. So please, leave it as it was.

Why is it incorrect?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PyvjcvYfRLk/SWF0_nbdOuI/AAAAAAAAAVI/hV9ebr5rDiM/s400/prefixes.png

 

[Quaade]

'K' is horrible. So are those '.0' decimals in front of every unit. They should remove it. I hope they only made it for debugging purposes, because it serves no purpose other than to make the UI harder to look at.

Besides, 'K' is incorrect modern slang term to me. 'Thousand(s)' is the correct term. So instead of 35K, it should be 35 Thousand. But that would make the number even more unreadable and longer. So please, leave it as it was.

Is it because they are adding M for millions (and probably K) in Hearts of Iron 4 at the same time?

K is the term for Kilo which means thousand... like Kg, Km and so on and so forth, it's a quite used unit and is known and used by... well everybody

 

[Will Steel]

I never use the K term. It sounds so uncivilized in proper formal speech to me. And even if it is correct, there is still no reason for it to be included in the game.

 

[hwoosh]

Besides, 'K' is incorrect modern slang term to me. 'Thousand(s)' is the correct term

That's some frankly bizarre nonsense, boyo...