Make the reinforce function reset to null after each turn.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2026 9:06 pm
In two recent “parachute” reinforce games I have tried to reinforce from one area but ended up reinforcing from another which I had not clicked on at all, with the default area to reinforce from apparently being the place with the most troops.
While this seems logical from one perspective I would think it would be unintuitive to most players, and in any case if they want to reinforce from that area it would be one click extra for them, not a big problem.
My suggestion then is simply this; have the “reinforce from” field cleared on every move, making the player explicitly choose where he wants to reinforce from.
And I would also suggest this for initial troop reinforcements, no need to have one area auto-selected to start one's turn, risking accidental troop deployment there by simply left-clicking on it.
If this is difficult to code for some reason (I realize these things can be a lot more complex than they might seem to an outsider) then maybe a workaround would be to search for a 1-troop territory to default to so that no accidental reinforce from there is possible.
While this seems logical from one perspective I would think it would be unintuitive to most players, and in any case if they want to reinforce from that area it would be one click extra for them, not a big problem.
My suggestion then is simply this; have the “reinforce from” field cleared on every move, making the player explicitly choose where he wants to reinforce from.
And I would also suggest this for initial troop reinforcements, no need to have one area auto-selected to start one's turn, risking accidental troop deployment there by simply left-clicking on it.
If this is difficult to code for some reason (I realize these things can be a lot more complex than they might seem to an outsider) then maybe a workaround would be to search for a 1-troop territory to default to so that no accidental reinforce from there is possible.