Quote Originally Posted by delgondahntelius View Post
Why wouldn't you want seperate layers anyways? Layers are your friend.....
Because I don't need layers while making a forest out of map symbols. They're all going to be on the same layer anyways.

Alternatively ... after you are done placing all the forest you want.... you can hide all the other layers, then Shift+ctr+E to merge visible.... that at least makes the one extra step at the end so you don't have to keep merging....
I have tons of layers for everything. In the end, I have just used the alt + drag and drop method and then ctrl E until all that tree layers are merged. Linking prevents alt + drag drop and would take longer than mashing ctrl E.