Selecting units without workers automatically

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PLEASE Blizzard, add an option, so it’s possible to select military units WITHOUT workers automatically, when you select with the mouse-frame. That’s soooo important and standard in nearly all RTS-games, even old ones, like Dawn of War (1).

Is anybody with me?

And btw. feedback about WC III forums: why are there a special forum for Anouncements, but not for General discussions in other languages? Or should I just use this? Other languages just have a tech-forum (that’s ok) and “anouncements”…(that’s quite pointless since anouncements can also be posted in the general discussion-forum…)

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So again a wish for F2.
Please add a “Select All Army” hotkey (F2 style).
I agree that especially new players need this in War3!

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I have had no issues with this. If you accidentally get some undesired units in the selection, you can just shift click their portraits in the command panel to remove them from the group. as far as I can tell non-worker units are prioritized for the selection even if they aren’t excluded entirely so if you select a lot of units, it should select your combat units first.

Regarding the forums… I’m not aware of any “announcements” forum that you’re speaking of, or any other langauge forums. This is strictly an English forum.

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For units with a large quantity of the same type, such as helicopters and skeletons, I believe this would aid in operation if the developers are willing to make such changes

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thats already in the game, its the ctrl button. you select your units, hold ctrl & click the worker units in your selection panel.

the added strain on your micro when fighting with workers is just a punishment for fighting where your workers are, and lends itself towards the central flow of the game’s design loop; keep enemies away from your base if you can.

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Even if people aren’t explicitly asking for it, that button should really be F2 for consistency with SC2.

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why would we want to be consistent with SC2? how about we be consistent with SC1, which has no select-all army button .

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Why? You control like 20 units top most games… Only time you’d ever need more than three hotkeys for units if you were abusing mass gyros, and that sure doesn’t need to be made explicitly easier.
Adding a select all just seems so dumb, and pointless.

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Because the players are mostly the same, and they demand this.
I also play sc2 and since everyone asking, I would like to have F2 also in War3. Sometimes is nice to have, (not to search for all lost footman or copter in the woods).

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and by “everyone” you of course mean,

you.

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