To drive home a point I hired Flo and Biff, and they're gaining stats like gangbusters while simply practicing outside of Tony's shop. Biff's WIS isn't much different than Razor's IIRC.

Yes, it does. It also affects combat efficiency and energy drain (a high moral merc is like a machine suped up on caffeine).

I'm actually thinking about writing a primer or morale and likes/dislikes for the benefit of certain JA2 players.

Too many people I've seen seem to have this misguided notion that morale and likes/dislikes only affects mercs comments and serves as a story point (with a few notable exceptions). So they end up putting Biff and Razor in the same squad or Lynx and Buzz in the same squad without thinking of the consequences.

- John

I think that Haywire and Razor both being 'psycho' helps their MKS score. IIRC the gains to MKS are due to the number of successful hits and 'psycho' both gives a bonus to autofire hits and increases the number of shots they fire in full-auto.

[edit]: The chance for a stat boost may also be higher for hard-to-hit shots, but I haven't checked this lately.

I hired Razor and Haywire in my current game, and its the first time I ever used them. Razor is growing to be really good and Haywire, albeit a tad slower is coming along well too - despite their low wisdom.

Razor is quite extraordinary in that he seems to sleep like four hours a day. He always wakes up way before the others and starts doodling with his repair kit. Haywire is slowly crawling over the eighties in MRK with the help of a SVD with 10x scope but his lines alone would make me keep him anyway.

I haven't checked in ProEdit for any hidden stats but it seems to me these two guys are alot better than their stats would have you think. Does anyone know if their high morale (they enjoy each others company and are often both at "great") helps mercs learn faster?

Haywires marksmanship is 51.

After a few weeks my IMP could compete with the best in AIM

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Haywires marksmanship is 51.

The main drawback is his low WIS, and the fact that he has the pscyho trait, I want my mercs to do what I tell them not waste AP.

Overloading a merc over that 100% load, increases the odds that strength and health will rise.
There was punching cows.

(and you could,
load him up.
Tell him to travel - anywhere on the map
Do not accelerate time
rather cancel the travelplans
somehow the travel-experience is added
repeat
(perfect for Shank/Dynamo)

I've never had a Clay ... oinkoink.
City of Grumm is a block of four + 1 east of the lower-right.
Clay is in the upper-east.

You could get into the sector without claiming the mine/town.
By moving to the westside of the sector you can move to the sector above it, from there you can go south. (need wirecutters/nade and perhaps some set amount of game-progress %)

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Hope these crosses make sense about that two-step approach.

The main drawback is his low WIS, and the fact that he has the pscyho trait, I want my mercs to do what I tell them not waste AP.

Hell, I even ended up giving him a bit of medical training and he doubled as a field medic.

Razor is my favorite mercenary. Give him a bit to hit 70 or so in MRK, and he's a damn near ideal solider type merc. Hell, I even ended up giving him a bit of medical training and he doubled as a field medic.