If the units are in a blob, it’s almost impossible to do that to end with a specific number of units selected, BUT instead of a selection box, clicking also works. One still has to manage to hit the unit, which can be a bit cumbersome if the blob is moving. I think CTRL+right click on portraits should remove a random (or some other criteria) unit from that selection, or at least I keep wanting to do that. But what you said is indeed useful.

@vladislavbelov btw per civ is it better to have 8 256x128 textures  or one 2048x1024 for all 8 heads but with 8 separate meshes, with identical geometry but different UV. (Sadly we can't specify atlas position in actor)

With the current control group selected, I hold CTRL and maka a selection box over the units that need to be deselected.

The lack of this is really annoying sometimes... How do you all deal with the situation of having a mass of units but wanting to select just a specific number of them? Also, should I do a poll regarding many of those proposed points? Many on that list don’t seem that controversial (not so much on the follow up list I made).

Two different bow types, posibly appropriate to the social status of its respective owner (higher ranking officer on a horse has a more valuable weapon thatn the "ordinary" archer. Looks like some sort of bamboo). Would they have been protected by the same armour?