How does Surrender work?

[king_of_jamaica]

I have both Ash and Thomas equipped with Surrender Call. I then proceeded to almost completely incapacitate an enemy veteran. By that I mean legs and both arms destroyed, body down to 17 HP. I left them both sitting next to this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ for like 10 turns, and the guy didn't surrender.

Seriously, how the hell does this work? Is it a chance every turn, is it a chance only when you enter range, is it just bugged and this guy can't surrender?

[KO5MO5]

You need to drain all your enemy APs down to 0. To do that, put as much wanzers on the side of the Veteran. After a few turns, the unit will surrender.

Here's an example: https://steamcommunity.com/id/ko5_mo5/screenshot/2471989872562358935/

[king_of_jamaica]

Oh, that makes sense.

[battlecruiser2004]

Don't just box it in on 4 sides only, occupy the diagonal space too, creating a 3x3 square. As for the actual surrender process, every time the enemy phase begins it has a chance to enter the surrender state. Once it's in that state it usually takes a few more enemy phases before you get a message saying it surrendered and the unit disappears

Honestly, the requirement is just too strict, especially on a new game plus, where even using the weakest weapon could cause overkill as your character's high proficiency level far offsets the weapon's weak damage.

[MjKorz]

First of all, you need to acquire the Surrender Call Honor skill which in turn requires you to accumulate 140 Honor points. You need to equip this skill, surround a mech with 9 of your own mechs and destroy its arms as well as reduce its HP as much as possible. I had an armless mech with legs intact surrender just fine.