Donating equipment

[Philippe_at_bay]

I'm not entirely comfortable that I'm doing this correctly. I really wish there was a distinct button for donation (and if there already is, I haven't seen it),

My imperfect understanding of how this works is that discarding equipment is the same as donating it.

Does discarding count as donating any time you do it, or can you only do it immediately after a battle ?

And why is the experience gained text at the bottom of the middle screen sometimes in red and sometimes in white.

Does discarding only count as donation when the text is white, or does the red text mean that there is wasted experience ?

I really wish you go a little message somewhere on the screen after a donation that says something to the effect that the equipment you gave up generated x amount of experience for the troops in your party.

Also, I like to salvage a few items (usually the food) before I discard. Shouldn't that lower the experience gain ?

Do I understand what's going on or am I missing something?

[Wither]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Rhapsody:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Philippe_at_bay:

My imperfect understanding of how this works is that discarding equipment is the same as donating it.

I've never tried the perk myself in game, because I consider the other option of reduced wages while in army much better choice, but it seems to work just like that. If you have the perk, discarding armor grants half its value as troop XP.

It's exploitable, though. Get your smith sky high and craft that unsellable sword...
Then buy both weapon and armor from shop.... Then donate those to troop.
It's only because there is EXP cap on item value, thus donate your 'invaluable' crafted item is less effective than countless trash items they have on market.