Question about fire.

[Solarius Scorch]

I just read that fire damage doesn't affect morale. I'd rather like if it was the opposite : catching fire would be a good reason to drop your weapon and freeze in terror or run in random direction.
(This applies well to civilians and xcom soldiers, of course)

Hell yes.

This is a good indicator of a game's mechanics quality: whether burning people lose their shit (good) or continue shooting you back as normal (which makes fire weapons almost useless).
It's not remotely as clear-cut with tactical games, but I'd like to see some additional effects.

[LeBashar]

+1

being in fire should be a good reason to panic, but this effect should be function of the damage modifier IC, because there is no point to be scared by fire if you are immune.

[Dioxine]

I'm championing the idea of fire causing instant panic for quite a time here. After all, I can't see a man being on fire able to do anything else.

[Solarius Scorch]

"Manuel Alcala is flailing about and screaming"

[BlackLibrary]

I'm championing the idea of fire causing instant panic for quite a time here. After all, I can't see a man being on fire able to do anything else.

Only if putting out the fire was an option some how. 

[LeBashar]

You can vanish fire with explosion of smoke (but I don't now if it work on soldier in fire ?)

[Solarius Scorch]

Remember: DUCK AND COVER!

Seriously though, stunning a soldier stops the fire. So remember, if you see someone on fire, zap them with electricity!

[moriarty]

"I'm on fire! Taze me, bro!"

[Solarius Scorch]

"I'm on fire! Taze me, bro!"

[Dioxine]

Just don't wake them back up until in the safety of the base! The fire demon stirs awake as well!

[KingMob4313]

While we were in the code, could set up the med kit to put out fires.

[Dioxine]

That'd be... really weird. Useful but too weird... I'd rather have an extinguisher or nothing at all

[KingMob4313]

An FPS had that mechanic, but yeah just a fire extinguisher would work.

[BlackLibrary]

MYTHS vs FACTS in XCOM
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If someone is set on fire, they take no fatal wounds...they take burn damage each round.  Therefore the healing kit does not aid them (healing kit only heals fatal wounds), and stunning them only stuns them while they still take burn damage each round.  If they burn to death, msgbox is returned with something like "Jack Smak has died from fatal wounds".  Its -actually- the wrong message.  They don't have any fatal wounds.  They burned to death (which one can argue is a fatal wound, I suppose.  )

I've tazed a guy on fire and watched him die 3 rounds later from burn damage though he had no fatal wounds, and nothing that can be healed.

Also...the other myth:  Smoke does not extinguish a unit set on fire.  Smoke doesn't put out fires at all in XCOM.

[Solarius Scorch]

I've tazed a guy on fire and watched him die 3 rounds later from burn damage though he had no fatal wounds, and nothing that can be healed.

Happened the same to me recently. I guess I was wrong all along...

We seriously need some 'duck and cover' mechanics.

Also...the other myth:  Smoke does not extinguish a unit set on fire.  Smoke doesn't put out fires at all in XCOM.

Then we're toast... *ba-dum-tsss!*