Quote Originally Posted by DEB8 View Post
It happens. During a battle units can both gain AND lose Honour, and if you watch your units Honour ratings during a battle you will sometimes see them change. Don't watch out for this though or you may lose the battle!

After each battle you get a large list of your units that gives various information. Mostly you will note the amount of men that each of your units has lost and the amount of the enemy that you have killed. However, you also have an "Honour Gained" column ( left central ) ; this usually shows "0". Sometimes you will get +1 or +2 , sometimes -1 or -2. Not sure what causes the plus's other than kills caused ( the number of the enemy killed is usually high against the plus entries, but there are other factors).The AI likes to give extra Honour to units that have lost a lot of men! The minus's are usually caused by routing, where the rout would normally be unexpected ( ? failed Morale test where the risk of failure was low ? ). In this latter instance an Honour 1 unit usually loses 1, and an Honour 2 unit usually loses 2.
Uhm, i thought only the units completely destroyed has negative honor bonus after battles. I dont remember any of my units left the battle with gaining negative honor. Then again, i was newbie at these times. But thanks for backing me up though!