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In some places it just feels like an aesthetic choice, but others like the Recruit Soldiers button definitely feel wrong. I'm trying to figure out why and I think it has to do with UI conventions and the button state changing. When I open the Recruit Soldiers screen, the button is inactive. So I register its current appearance as inactive. Then I select a soldier, the button should be active but it's still displaying the same stripes... instead there's a very slight change in the shading. Going from just the picture I'm posted, I'm sure most people would interpret it as an inactive button due to e.g. not having the money. So part of the problem is the pattern itself, and part is that the distinction between active and inactive buttons is really subtle. I like having a more subtle UI but buttons changing to active should be much clearer.

Here as well perhaps, this definitely reads as "not available" to me. I'm a bit surprised these patterns made it into the game, it's just so counter-intuitive.