Mail Man

It seems that soldiers usually do not get bravery boosts when they earn medals. For example, the aliens just attacked my base for the first time, and 13 soldiers got a medal for defending it. I recorded their bravery before and after the battle. Only one of them got a bravery boost, and he was the one that panicked during the fight. On some prior occasions, earned medals did seem to provide the boost, but usually not. I think this is important because bravery is so hard to improve.

I followed your advice and it worked. Thanks. It's strange, because elsewhere on the web and in the gameconfig file, it states that you only need to load your soldiers up to 80% of their maximum carry weight (without penalty) to increase their strength.

I just have a couple of questions on the soldiers' stats. Can anyone help me out? 1) All of my soldiers seem to stop gaining strength at 76. Before every mission, I always carefully load them all up until they can carry no more without penalty. They gain strength rapidly until they hit 76 and can carry 30 kg. Why don't they go higher? 2) Medals are supposed to give bravery boosts, but I have not seen it work. For example, I sent a soldier with 47 bravery on a terror mission. During the mission, he panicked once, and he got the appropriate stat boost at the end. He also got a medal or two though, and when I checked on him later, he only had 48 bravery. He should have had 49 or 50. Are the medal bonuses applied after the "natural" bravery is considered, so that total bravery is not displayed? Thanks.