To start with: I really appreciate the new swap panel on PC. I've been waiting for something like this for a long time ;-)

But still I'm missing the "instant swap" feature: If I swap out a crusader, who is in my active formation, I'd like the "swapped in" crusader to be put directly into the (now free) slot.

I believe there must be some mechanism to do this because this is exactly what happens when I buy a new crusader. I suppose there is some algorithm like the following:

- buy new crusader
- check if there's a free slot
- if there's a free slot, put newly purchased crusader in this slot


Of course I don't know exactly how the whole game is programmed but can't you just copy-paste this "checking-algorithm" from buying a crusader to swapping crusaders? I imagine something like this:

- swap crusader out
- check if there's a free slot (that has just become free by swapping the crusader out!)
- swap crusader in
- if "newyl swapped in" crusader is already purchased, put him/her into the free slot.


I'm not a professional programmer so maybe my thoughts are not as easy to implement but don't you think something like this would be possible?

I for one don't like my 'saders automatically going in formation. Unless it is via me activating a saved formation.

It is my opinion that playing would be nicer if buying the first level of a crusader *didn't* automatically place them in my formation since I often leave an empty slot in my formation to accommodate 'saders with formation abilities like Turkey, Mindy, or Viktor. The automatic placement is quite annoying. In fact I try to level only on area transitions to circumvent it.

And usually if I swap to a different 'sader in a seat then that 'sader has not yet been leveled and you can't put a crusader with no levels into your formation anyway. So the 'sader is automatically put in the empty spot anyway when I level him/her. So I don't see the point of programming in a swap trigger, when the recruit trigger works just fine for what you are describing.

Maybe a little checkbox toggle could allow this (toggleable with a hotkey too)?
Call it "quickbuy / quickswap".

When toggled ON:
* Buying a new crusader puts the crusader automatically in the formation (like now).
* Swapping to a different same-seat-crusader via the swap-panel(if it is already bought) gets that crusader swapped immediately in to the formation. It could, additionally also purchase the first level of the Crusader if not already bought, which would thus place it into the formation automatically too.

When toggled OFF:
* Buying a new crusader NEVER puts the crusader automatically in the formation. You have to move them in by yourself.
* Swapping to a different same-seat-crusader via the swap-panel, NEVER gets that crusader swapped immediately in to the formation (like now)

Note: In either of the toggles, using a "saved formation" will probably have to function exactly like it does now (i.e. automatically swaps your crusaders, but not those you haven't bought yet).

Would that be good enough, you think?