Quote Originally Posted by orangat
I seem to prefer morale as it is in the vanilla game.
Bumping them much higher would turn it into an straightforward battle of attrition, in my style of play.
I don't know what it is, but in ATW - and my Carthage vanilla campaign - the enemy literally routs within seconds of hitting my line. That could happen exceptionally in STW and MTW, but usually there would be a decent scrap first. As it is, it's most unsatisfying.

With higher morale, there will be attrition on the battlefield if you just have heavy infantry going head to head with other heavy infantry. But (a) that may be realistic; (b) it provides the opening for tactics (use of missiles, flanking, cavalry, exhaustion, terrain, etc to give you an edge) - to break the deadlock. Strategically attrition is a good thing, constraining the player more, especially if coupled with a "no retraining" houserule. After three battles, your full stack may start to be vulnerable.