Xaldin007 | Dynasty Warriors 8: XL - Defense of New Hefei Castle (Wu Forces) | Free Mode Only @Xaldin007 | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
So there's a reason this stage is 19 minutes long. I played it 3 times in a row.

This was my attempt to try to figure out how difficulty affects morale and how well officer's survive off-screen. And it doesn't look like it does. Everyone that died early on still died early on regardless of if it was on Normal, Chaos, or Ultimate. Normal was a bit easier but that's because I was getting kills so much quicker it affected the morale more and kept it higher. So it makes me think the game's morale system is balanced around you playing on normal and racking up tons of kills without even trying. But there are still times the morale will just bottom out or completely fill up, seemingly with no trigger. Who knows, man? I can't figure this crap out.