[Baalz]

Yeah, repel doesn't hurt, but I find it almost never makes enough difference to promote somebody to "thug" that wasn't there already as to approximate awe you have to have an absurdly high attack skill - which is cross purpose to a crowd control thug. I find it does do a pretty noticeable effect in troops (ie pikemen) who often only get attacked one or two times in a round and are often matched up against normal morale troops.