Looting Should Boost Morale of Army

**vincere** · July 23, 2014, 07:41 AM

I'd really like to see an Army Morale incentive to loot and pillage sometimes. This was likely a prime motivator for warriors and even those signing up for the Legions.

Most of what I've read of Caesar and other generals suggest that sharing looted spoils was major morale, discipline and loyalty boost for Legions. The legacy of a good loot would even last a long time.

I'd suggest something like a 2 to 3 year boost and a max cap for it.

**Iron_Duke** · July 23, 2014, 07:56 AM

Good idea. The way things currently are in-game the occupation of cities is generally the key to success and tends to be the main focus, with this suggestion sacking/looting cities could finally have an almost equal benefit. Sadly, I imagine a feature like this could be very hard to implement.

**vincere** · July 23, 2014, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by Iron_Duke

Good idea. The way things currently are in-game the occupation of cities is generally the key to success and tends to be the main focus, with this suggestion sacking/looting cities could finally have an almost equal benefit. Sadly, I imagine a feature like this could be very hard to implement.

Thanks. Hard as in the base code?

**Dresden** · July 23, 2014, 12:28 PM

I will be changing the effects of the occupation decisions in 0.95. However, I am not sure you can give a morale boost from an occupation decision.

**Augustusng** · July 23, 2014, 02:01 PM

How about something like a region-wide bonus to friendly morale for a few turns after the looting? If you can have public order effects from looting, why not that too? Or is it hardcoded?