Is Field Surgeon bugged?

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Autoclave
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Is Field Surgeon bugged?

Post by Autoclave »

So I took exactly 1 hp damage while having a field surgeon specialist in my team. I still got wounded status with 6 days to heal. Is this WAD?
The tooltip for the field surgeon says that the soldier will have to heal 1 hp less. :(
JM01
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Re: Is Field Surgeon bugged?

Post by JM01 »

I believe that there is a minimum amount of damage your soldier must take before field surgeon kicks in (I think it might be 2 points of damage). At 1 point of damage Field Surgeon does not seem to do anything but at 2 points it would treat it as if it were 1 point of damage.

I could be completely wrong here so someone correct me if I am wrong but that is how I understand it.
LordYanaek
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Re: Is Field Surgeon bugged?

Post by LordYanaek »

How does it actually work? Is it really a flat 1 HP reduction instead of a % of the total loss?

It seems like 1HP quickly becomes totally irrelevant as the game progresses. Sure early on when you have 6-7 total HP and you're hit for 2-4, a 1HP reduction makes a large difference, but when you have 15-20 with warden armor reducing the wound timer by 1 HP out of a 7-8 damage shot on average really won't make much of a difference.

Looks like it's only useful late in the game if you have a dedicated tank who stacks armor like crazy.
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