Arcade Mode

[Aelwyn]

As far as VI goes, it didn't need +2 morale. There were only certain units that needed +2 morale such as spears. However, what we got was a blanket +2 morale, and most players responded to that by lower the standard florins from 15k to 10k to erase the +2 morale.

Yeah was just a comparison.

I agree, if turning off morale helps, then fine. I assume its just a boost as before, not completely an absence of morale. We don't want men fighting to the last man, just standing up to fight until they are truely beaten. Routing on impact...or few seconds after...is one of those annoying things that needs to go away.

I wondered if we just weren't keeping our flanks/rears protected and close together, but this wasn't the case when I set up a formation against that large rock formation to the left of the hill. I protected one flank with the rock barrier, and protected the other flank (of a front wall of Poeini Inf) with the merc infantry. They did hold better this way, which was good. But there was still a problem imo.

So its either the morale for these units isn't high enough, or the combat bonuses are too high. Lets hope its not the second one, Kocmoc would have a fit over it.

[Puzz3D]

The Trebia battle in arcade mode, medium difficulty gave:

Hannibal: 800 deployed, 1490 kills, 295 men remaining
Sempronious: 1543 deployed, 623 kills, 261 men remaining

So, morale isn't completley turned off, but it is boosted quite a lot. BTW, the kills and men remaining don't add up.

[CBR]

Guess its like "morale off" in MTW then: just a big morale boost of +12 or something.

Why it doesnt add up is because some of the killed men are only wounded I think.


CBR

[Colovion]

gah, morale off? hmmm I dont' like the sounds of that - perhaps in the real game we'll just have to mod in more standard morale for all units...

[Papewaio]

Hmmm so we have been moaning about the more realistic mode and actually we the 'veterans' emotional requirements was for the less realistic arcade mode.

Oh the irony!

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Papewaio the Jester now has moonbeam vice... not that anyone can tell the difference.

[Puzz3D]

Papewaio,

The arcade mode is more realistic than realistic mode. Just go watch the opening of the movie Gladiator and you'll see.

[Papewaio]

Don't you just love all the Australian Action Heroes