How do heat, terrain modifiers "work"?

[Lusted]

I don't know it either. One thing I can tell you though, in vanilla it does'nt make enough of a difference. Only in extreme cases it matters (as in the Mongol custom battle challenge). In LTC 2.30 it seems to matter more, Lusted is probably your man. Unless I'm imagining it in LTC 2.30 I actually have to be careful how I move my army about because they seem to tire a lot faster.

Indeed the heat effect has been increased in LTC 2.3.

[sapi]

Indeed the heat effect has been increased in LTC 2.3.

I've noticed that a lot, too. Having a 50-man unit of jinettes routed by a single general (no bodyguard) and one mailed knight wouldn't have happened in vanillia

That said, do you have an answer to Doug's orignial question? I'm as interested as he is to understand what a -4 penalty (or whatever) actually does...

[Lusted]

Im not sure exactly, i think it's a modifier applied to both attack and defense or something, or possibly to morale as well.

[WesW]

I've noticed that a lot, too. Having a 50-man unit of jinettes routed by a single general (no bodyguard) and one mailed knight wouldn't have happened in vanillia

That said, do you have an answer to Doug's orignial question? I'm as interested as he is to understand what a -4 penalty (or whatever) actually does...

IIRC, in MTW it affected fatigue plus both attack and defense stats. You should be able to tell by the stats which pop up when you right-click a unit on the battlefield.