I suggest adding an officer class the solution is to add a new officer class
Rank 1 is Sergeant rank 2 is lieutenant rank 3 is captain rank 4 is major rank 5 is Colonel and each rank has its own abilities that affect the squad
Rank 1 price 10,000 silver 2 rank 30,000 silver 3 rank 50,000 silver 4 rank 100,000 silver 5 rank 200,000 silver
The officer can use any weapon
and what abilities would have?, even if concept idea it’s interesting it lacks of sustain
increase the number of soldiers in the squad and their effectiveness in combat the higher the officer’s rank the better
Maybe allow the officer to have a more advanced set of AI orders? Would make sense for a much needed AI update.
Otherwise the idea of him giving all the men in a radius around him a bonus of whatever, but the cool part is that the bonuses are based whatever perks you give the officer.
For example, if the Officer had something like a “Manly” perk in which case, +5-10% vitality for soldiers within a 10m radius around him. Would also incentivise the enemy to target officers then.
Then the best part, we get to laugh at the cowards who disguise their officers as enlisted men.
health bonuses should be made better only when there is a medic in the squad, or when the medic in the squad receives 1 additional first aid kit each.
Id agree to that, maybe instead of vitality you increase chance to be downed instead of dying instead then?