https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/index.html Civilians overview Raising support Losing support Propaganda posters Donating supplies Hugo en-us https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/civilians-overview/index.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/civilians-overview/index.html Civilian population is a key element in your revolution. After all, it is their freedom you are fighting for. Just incidentally they also happen to fuel your efforts with money and manpower. Each civilian may have one of the following stances regarding revolution: supporting: friendly to the resistance members and disapproving of the occupier. neutral: no stance, the initial state for most of the population. They don’t really care about the revolution or the occupier forces. They can be turned into supporters, given enough reasons to. hostile: actively against the revolution and supporting the occupier. They cannot be turned into supporters, but given enough time they may become neutral. Population moods will change in reaction to your actions. While civilians are rather tolerant to acts of war and inconveniences caused by combat against the occupier, any wrongdoings towards them will turn them hostile very quickly. Keep in mind your supporters may become hostile just as well, negating your hard-earned friendliness. https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/raising-support/index.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/raising-support/index.html Gaining support is a process which takes time. Most actions will not yield immediate results, but will resonate over time instead. For example, if you place posters, it takes some time for them to be noticed. If you donate supplies, it takes some time for the word to spread around, and so on. You can inspect towns on the map to view currently active effects and their expiration time. Once an effect expires, it will stop attracting new supporters and will be removed. https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/losing-support/index.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/losing-support/index.html Once convinced to support the resistance, civilians will not change their mind on their own. Remember that each supporter can still turn hostile if you give them a good enough reason to. Opposite to supporters, civilians will typically turn hostile immediately in response to your actions. In that case, there is nothing you can do to change their mind except for waiting. https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/propaganda-posters/index.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/propaganda-posters/index.html Placing up posters is a very effective early method to raise awareness about your revolution and gain support. It’s more time-effective than personal agitation, as you can reach many people with a single poster. There is a trade-off however, as the amount of posters - and thus the support you can generate this way - is limited. As the posters are meant to be visible - they are also visible to enemy forces too, and will raise the local threat level. https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/donating-supplies/index.html Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.johnnykerner.dev/FreedomFighters/field-manual/hearts-and-minds/donating-supplies/index.html Free stuff is an excellent method to gain supporters, whether you are a politician, or… a politician-to-be. If you win the revolution, of course. The downside is that you actually have to bring the stuff to the table. But here comes the good news - when it’s free, nobody will ask you how you got it. Donating supplies is a rather expensive method, unless you have a surplus of your own production. Supplies are also vital to your own operations, so giving them away in the early stages of the revolution may not be the best choice.