Quote Originally Posted by General Dazza
Hey - one other thing I noticed in this battle and a few others shortly before/after, and I'm not sure if it's an Expert thing - I had at least 3-4 battles where a little bit of rain meant that my troops were close to exhaustion before they even got to the enemy. Granted, they were your full metal uniform army, but the rain wasn't that bad. They were largely field battles with no hills. By the time my army had marched up to be close, most were one 1-2 bars. Very frustrating, as within a short time the raised valour of the other army, and the exhaustion of mine had mine routing, even though I had the better quality army.

Not sure if I just haven't noticed it before, or if on expert you get any penalties?
Agent Miles is correct. The only bonuses/penalties on Expert are the player starting with less money and the AI receiving the valour/morale bonus. Exhaustion still works the same way.