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Morale changes

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Zakky:
At the moment it doesn't matter you win or lose, you will end up losing morale from a battle no matter what.

I think winners should gain moral depending on how badly they win. If it was an even battle yet you managed to destroy your enemies in a crushing victory, then you should gain a huge morale boost. (Not sure if morale should be on average be around 80% and only allow to be higher than that when something special happens like a victory or mercenary. If it is to stay around 100%, maybe temporarily allowing morale to be above 100% then gradually reducing it over time wouldn't be a bad idea as well)

As for daily morale gain, it should probably be reduced and changed. Maybe at most you gain 1 morale per turn at most. You can still pay for entertainments in cities to quickly raise it however. Losing battles will definitely reduce morale a lot especially when you lose with more men and CS. If you retreat successfully, you will lose less morale from your defeat but if you scatter, you will lose more morale on top of the amount you already lose from losing your battle. If you won but your unit scattered, you will lose morale and will not receive morale bonus from winning.

Just an idea to change the current system.

Anaris:
Soldiers don't like losing their friends. And it is at least supposed to be true that some units like battle more than others (three possible types: those that dislike battle, those that like battle, and those that are neutral).

Have you been making these observations with a variety of different units? Because unless you lose a large percentage of your unit, I believe there should be a decent chance of morale gain already when you win a battle.

Wimpie:
We might need to gather some statistics on this one.

Zakky:

--- Quote from: Wimpie on November 17, 2017, 11:14:48 PM ---We might need to gather some statistics on this one.

--- End quote ---

I agree with this one.

In all my years playing BM, I've hardly seen any case on gaining morale. Even when my unit was never touched while slaughtering enemies. I think when you say losing friends, it should be strictly from your own unit. Despite this, I've lost up to 20~30 morale depending on how far away my unit was from their lands. Usually you gain morale not from battles but turn changes.

CryptCypher:
Aye, as much as it sucks to lose countrymen in battle, it stands to reason that resounding victory would provide at least a modicum of increased morale...

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