disbanding units

[ucla_vince]

I have STW (not the warlord edition), am I correct in saying that there is no way to disband units?

[Brutal DLX]

Um, I think the unit disbanding/execution feature has been around since the original release of STW. I'm not too sure right now as I have only the Warlord edition.
To disband a unit you have to select it in the unit details/buildings panel at the bottom of the screen and then the little execution icon should appear on the left-hand side of the panel, next to the unit training and building construction buttons.

[Gregoshi]

Hello vince. Welcome and thanks for joining the Org. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

I think you may be right about not being able to delete units. It has been a while since I've played STW, so I checked the manual and there was no mention of deleting units. If there is, it would present itself on the unit parchment when you right-click on the unit. You could also try selecting the unit and then pressing the delete key, though I doubt that will work.

[ucla_vince]

nope, no way to disband units...

that's a pretty serious flaw. i really don't know how the game designers could have missed something this obvious. so the only way i can make room for new improved units is by attacking with the old ones and deliberately letting them get killed...

[gaelic cowboy]

Can you retrain them by placing them in the build queue

[ucla_vince]

nope, disbanding and retraining were both added with the Warlord Edition.

[Brutal DLX]

Are you 100% sure??

[Ikken Hisatsu]

yep. first thing i noticed when I got mongol invasion was the little man stabbing himself in the corner. and yeah it seems odd how they could have missed something like that.