UI changes for squads to make it more bearable

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Suggestion changes:

  1. Ability to check a character’s inventory
  2. Ability to see teammate’s hp (also applies to lone fighters)
  3. Ability to filter when changing out soldiers for squads
  4. Warnings for friendly fire
  5. Ability to check perks

1 & 5: It can be hard to memorize all of your soldier’s perks/inventories, so there should be a button while in battle, to check their inventories and perks. When choosing a squad to play as, you should check their inventories there too. Especially with all of the unique squads in this game, it would be very hard to remember their inventories/perks.

2: Just seeing the icon stating that a soldier is damaged is not enough, since you can’t really tell how much damage they really took without switching to said soldier, which can catch people out. If the game wants to have a more minimal HUD, it could just only appear when you look at them directly.

  1. When you have a lot of soldiers in reserve, it could be hard to find certain soldiers. Even with the organization it has now, it can be annoying constantly scrolling to find certain soldiers. The filters can be easily done by selecting which class, rank, rank achieved, which level (kind of soldier, aka lvl 2 assaulter, lvl 3 sniper), if they are equipped or not, etc.

  2. The warning would solely be there just to help reduce TK-ing. Can also apply to lone fighters too.

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Here’s an example of why it can be important to know a soldier’s perks:
The extended throwing range perk is pretty badass, but you have to aim the throw differently. Having it on a soldier without knowing, you will tend to aim too high and throw too far.
I manage this problem by always putting my dedicated grenadiers at the top of a squad, but it’s not an ideal solution.

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