Morale

[Kristoffer O]

When 75 % of the zombies died their leader feels it's a lost cause and rout. THe zombies just stand there and dissolve as their leaders no longer care to keep them together.

The 75% rule is part balance thing, part thematic in the sense that the soldiers and the leaders of the army are supposed to percieve the battle as lost due to too much casualties. The 75% rule could possibly be a bit more dynamic, but we definitely need some ary rout rule, and as long as players know the deal (which wasn't the case in dom2) I consider it quite fair. As you know what you get you can try to compose your armies accordningly, and not include too much chaff.

In dom2 it was impossible to know why the army decided to rout. I had it explained to me several times by JK, but I could never visualize the math behind it so I always forgot. The current system is blunt, but works OK and is transparent enough for players to grasp what happens, and I have come to believe that that is quite important.