UFO:Alien Invasion

General => Discussion => Topic started by: Colonel Carnage on September 19, 2013, 06:00:24 am

Title: Civilian friendly fire deaths and promotions
Post by: Colonel Carnage on September 19, 2013, 06:00:24 am

On a mission 2 months back, my best soldier killed the last alien with a grenade launcher.  Unfortunately, an unseen civilian near the alien also died.  The soldier was a Senior Warrant Officer and had a mind of 50 (now 53) and has not been promoted since.  Is one civilian friendly fire death enough to freeze a soldier's advancement or does it just take awhile for a soldier to get promoted to a commissioned officer rank?  This is on 2.4.

Title: Re: Civilian friendly fire deaths and promotions
Post by: H-Hour on September 19, 2013, 10:36:07 am

I don't know what the thresholds are for 2.4, but civilian deaths can stop rank advancement. Each rank has a limit, but looking at 2.5-dev's values, a soldier won't be given Senior Warrant Officer or any higher rank if they have any civilian deaths. So if your civ death came after that, he's probably frozen.

Title: Re: Civilian friendly fire deaths and promotions
Post by: Colonel Carnage on September 19, 2013, 05:03:19 pm

Thanks for the quick reply.  What a shame, he was way ahead of everyone else.  Loving the game BTW.