[http://sourceforge.net/p/ufoai/feature-requests/203 Item 203] imported from sourceforge.net tracker on 2013-01-28 20:16:10

The ai that arms soldiers at the beginning of a campaign is pretty stupid, and will never be able to guess what I want. I would much rather have the soldiers not have any weapons before the first mission. That way I don't have to strip them of their weapons before I arm them the way I want. Alternatively a "put everything back into inventory" button would do the trick.
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====== mattmz (2007-05-11 22:44:45) ======

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There's an easy workaround for this. Unassign the soldiers from the aircraft, then reassign them. This doesn't address the put everything back issue though.
====== tlh2000 (2007-05-30 07:23:59) ======

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exactly - unassigning them is this "put everything back into inventory" button
====== kainazzzo (2007-06-05 16:07:34) ======

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It should probably look at their skills, and equip the right weapons accordingly. For example, give the characters that are better with rifles the appropriate longer range weapon, etc.