looting skill for equipment after battles?

[Morbutor]

hi everybody,

i searched but i havent found an answer to this question, so ill just post it here.

is either the quantity or quality of the items looted after a battle affected by the looting skill?
or is the skill merely for looting villages?

thx alot in advance for any help

yours,
morbutor

 

[Elenmmare]

Heh, I haven't played enough of the original game to know. I'm pretty sure though that it affects both.

Perhaps. Don't take my word for it .

 

[Shatari]

If I recall correctly, it affects both the quality and the quantity of the loot.
Having a smaller party also gives you better loot. You automatically get 10 shares of the loot, while heroes each get 3 shares and every other soldier gets 1. (This is according to the manual, though it is rather outdated.)

 

[Morbutor]

the manual?
of the native game, i guess?

the problem is, i dislike looting villages, since i consider it a highly criminal and imoral (due to my very own moral system) act ...
so increasing the skill might mean wasted points.
hmm.
doesnt anybody know for sure what the looting skill means in this very mod?

thx for the replies, however!

 

[Shatari]

Yeah, I meant the manual for Native. Looting effects all looting, be from the battlefield or from villages. There's always a chance you'll get some phenomenal loot from a battle (the worse the odds, the better the chance), but a high looting skill drastically raises how much loot you find as well as the quality of the loot. (Thus you are more likely to find enhanced weapons and armor with a high looting skill, and can find them regularly with a score of 10+.)

I hope that's clearer.

 

[Morbutor]

it sure is! thx!

i never bothered reading the manual, since theres a tutorial and all the skills are explained ingame.
perhaps the explanation should be changed then, since it seems to be misleading.

ill start increasing my looting skill ASAP -- imagine all the riches i have missed so far. makes me wanna ... dunno ... die?