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Offline Lion66six

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Struggling with morale?
« on: February 02, 2017, 10:05:05 pm »
Great mod. Watched some of Ivan's LP and figured I would have a crack with the mod and see how enjoyable it is.

Played some missions, started to get the hang of it but then started to really struggle with morale. I had one battle where I didn't lose any gals but their morale was at 60 and they started panicking. What am I doing wrong, is there other things in this game that impact morale?

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Re: Struggling with morale?
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2017, 10:08:36 pm »
Dude, do you even Bootypedia? :P

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Re: Struggling with morale?
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2017, 10:16:16 pm »
You've stumbled across the Combat Stress mechanic, which Dioxine was kind enough to describe for us in the wonderful in-game Bootypedia.  I'd highly suggest reading it cover-to-cover, and then referring to it often afterwards to increase your satisfaction with Piratez.

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Re: Struggling with morale?
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2017, 10:16:29 pm »
The best way to boost morale of course is to kill baddie.  There are some pharmaceutical solutions too that help.

The real reason you are losing morale is a mechanic called "Combat Stress."  Your gal's morale degrades every turn towards the middle of their bravery.  Below a certain level, panics can occur.  Overall, this  mechanic is designed to discourage camping and over-cautious play.  Send your gals out and kill stuff! (Or be killed in glorious battle)

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Re: Struggling with morale?
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2017, 12:01:00 am »
Nice one, thanks all :-)

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Re: Struggling with morale?
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2017, 05:43:37 am »
FYI the trigger point for panic is less then 50 morale.