a few questions about companions

[wyvernlord]

Hi, everyone. M&B is a great RPG. I wonder wether companions I hired would change their equipments and horses when they advanced higher levels? If not, would their equipments and horses appear randomly or they have been recorded? How does companions' morale affect combat? And how do I raise their morale when it keeps decreasing? Thanks for any replies.
In addition, I found, when I issued a mount order, even a peasant would attempt to mount a horse. Consequently, the game crashed to desktop because peasant's riding skill is lower than the horse level.

 

[Manu]

The two heroes don't (you have to outfit them. This can get expensive)

The generic troops change type (with matching abilities and gear) as they advance.

 

[wyvernlord]

Thanks for your reply. But I saw generic troops equip with different horses and armors. Sometimes I saved games before they reached next level, after repeated trials, I found out they did not always equip with the same types armaments nor the same horses.
Could I get any hints on how the generic troops equip their armors and weapons? Does the game randomly generate the results everytime after generic troops reach new levels? Or do they keep the same weapons/armors/horses once after they reach the most advanced unit types?

 

[nightrunn3r]

its pretty much random, although units will be more likely to have some weapons than others. for example, Vaegir veterans have rawhide coats for armor most of the time, Swadian men-at-arms have Kite shields a lot, and Vaegir Marksmen seem to favor scimitars as their melee weapon.