DEI Realistic Morale
TLDR
This mod aims to make battles more dynamic and realistic by changing around morale penalty values. Because of this this mod is compatible with all mods that don’t effect morale penalties.
Feedback is always appreciated
Main effects
-Fatigue has much more morale effect if you don’t manage morale or if you just have non-trained units your men will likely not hold
-Cohesion is huge in this mod isolated units will not hold very long formation and cohesion is key to holding
-Flanking is devastating especially by cavalry
-Loss/death of general is catastrophic
-Effect from units such as fear for elephants is more impactful
-Loses and losing combat has much more impact so battles are less grindy
-Artillery/missile fire from enemy’s or friendlies have an effect on morale
-Routing is very contagious so mass routes are more common
Reason:
I am a massive history nerd and the battles of Rome 2 were not satisfying to me so I’ve tried to fix what i can. Ancient battles were not usually a meatgrinder. Casualties during battles were around 8%, most died during the route(30-60%). Men weren’t suicidal, once it was clear a battle was lost they fled alongside their comrades.
Updates:
-Buffed penalties for losing combat so melee less grindy
-Slightly nerfed general dying/fleeing and impact of cav
-Slightly tweaked most morale penalties to be slightly
less severe. Attempting to balance fear for animals so cav charged by elephants route as they did in history. Also so elephants have to be used carefully and can be routed by excessive missile fire. Losing generals is also more impactful(Hopefully its slighty less severe than Attila but still majorly impact)
DISCLAIMER
First, I am new to modding. Second and more importantly I’m aware of the weak AI and how you could exploit this mod. I cannot fix the AI or combat so i’d recommend using other mods.
Inspired from: DEI submod realistic routing/morale mechanics
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2727383969
Required items:
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Divide et Impera Part 3 — Steam Workshop
Divide et Impera Part 2 — Steam Workshop
Divide et Impera Part 1 — Steam Workshop
Revisions:
Old revisions of this mod are available below. Click the link to download.
