[Discuss] Question on SMA unit names

[Andrew Asche]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Robert Croson, Jr <robert at arcm.com> wrote:
> On 26 May 2008 at 11:10, psymann wrote:
>
>> Perhaps a compromise would be to allow the Army Sponsor to set up a
>> six-character 'emblem' that each member of the army could choose to
>> add to the start of their unit name?  One which is then removed if
>> they leave the army or drop their unit as militia?  That way you'd not
>> get lots of different ones, you'd not get some of them being mis-spelt
>> and looking out of place, and you'd not get old ones hanging around
>> years later.

Why don't we just change banners:
There are X Army of _____ Banners visible in the melee.

We could split the messages by realm so that people know which realm
the armies are from.

I know that still wouldn't set people's individual units apart, but do
they have to?  Personally, I've always given up insignia on your unit
name as a bad job that is both trashy and gives your enemies a
tactical advantage they didn't need to have: They can track army
movement as a result of your unit name.

With the banners, it would show that your army is in the battle, and
it would encourage people to have banners to make it seem like their
army was more important.
There aren't nearly enough banners used in BM. =P