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Rightfully redirected by Max_Caine, I post this issue here: One issue with medals is that some of my guys stopped receiving them after 20 kills and 30 mission, though some (most actually) have ~49missions and over 30 kills - need more medals for my heroes!

So, I'm thinking about implementing the medal system if the Kickstarter fund goes to plan, so I'm taking a moment to sketch out how the system would look if it were to be implemented. The basic idea that I have is simple; the soldiers earn medals automatically for causing (or surviving) particularly memorable events on the battlefield. These would give small stat boosts (perhaps +1 Bravery for each medal?), and would be displayed next to their portrait on the Soldier Equip screen. These aren't intended to make massive differences to the stats of the soldiers and they're not intended to be something you farm. As such, soldiers shouldn't necessarily be able to collect that many of them. They're just little distinctions to help you get more attached to your soldiers. I've got a few ideas for medals which I've listed below, and I thought it'd be good to throw the floor open to suggestions on what else might be worth a medal. Purple Heart - Wounded in action (below 50% health after a mission) - Kill 5 aliens - Kill 3 aliens on a single mission - Win an alien base attack mission Saviour - Win a terror site mission Sole Survivor - Only surviving soldier from a victorious mission There's probably loads more, see if you can think of any. I might remove the alien base / terror attack victory medals as they're going to be very common and could devalue things somewhat, but we'll see.