Jason Petho
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Joined: 6/22/2004 From: Terrace, BC, Canada Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: 1925frank Out of respect for Dumnorix, I'll move my discussion here. As you wish. quote:
ORIGINAL: 1925frank Regarding morale, I always equated morale with training. Paratrooper and mountain troops tended to have higher morale ratings. The Divided Ground settings tended to be very high (eights and nines), but the training, especially in 1949, would not have been superior to German troops, so I concluded Divided Ground set morale based upon something else -- perhaps the willingness to die for a cause. One of the additions I would like to see is a field that defines experience. I have been contemplating a mod that would do this by altering weapon factors for certain units, but that is a ways to go yet. Personally, I wouldn't use Divided Ground as a base for concluding anything. It seemed to me to be a rush job. There are MODs for it though that make it a rather enjoyable game. quote:
ORIGINAL: 1925frank Still, my impression was training and experience have far more to do with the ability to fight effectively than fanaticism. More times than not, untrained troops would break. No disagreement there. quote:
ORIGINAL: 1925frank Except for Italian Blackshirts, the morale settings in the Campaign Series rarely went below 5. I think partisans would fall into the group that should have low morale settings because they are not trained to duke it out. I would imagine partisan forces would have varying degrees of Morale based on their experience, or lack there of. For example, a partisan platoon consisting of armed civilians would typically have a lower morale than a partisan platoon consisting of regular soldiers that have been cut off from the front lines ... typical of the partisan units in Belarus. quote:
ORIGINAL: 1925frank They have to hit and run precisely because they don't have the staying power of regular troops. Before Valley Forge, Washington had the same problem with his troops. If you're designing scenarios, how are you determining morale? Researching the units as much as I can to determine how they historically performed in combat. Was the unit a veteran unit? How often does it receive replacements? What are the quality of the replacements? How were the weapons maintained? Etc etc. Collecting as much information as possible and then generalizing that information into a value between 1 and 10. Take care and good luck Jason Petho
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