Benefits of high virtue?

[jasta85]

So, still pretty new to the game, I Just got my farthest run so far, got to the hunt at the end of chapter 3 I think but died to the 2nd soldier there after he got some lucky hits in (multiple head/neck hits). I was trying to be the hero, do selfless things and high virtue stuff, I had my virtue maxed out. But I noticed it seemed to punish me quite a bit. I couldn't do heists, I missed out on some looting, I took several stat penalties (staying back on the wall while the rest of the soldiers retreated got me like -1 penalties to all 4 stats). The only thing I can think I got as a reward was the oath trinket (which to be fair is a really good trinket).

Just wanted to see if I was missing out on something, are there benefits to having high virtue that I'm just not noticing?

[Kalitz]

There are some virtue checks in some quests, which can give you some benefits. Low virtue affects random chance of poison and it's ingredients to appear in shop., some pagan items as well.
High Virtue mainly benefits fatigue restoration through Pray or Mortify Flesh. You will need 95+ virtue for it to be worth it though.

[Derrilin]

I found that high virtue runs were mostly a different way of experiencing the game rather than strictly a benefit over low virtue. But as you've noticed it works better with more veteran level starting points. For both paths, there are trinkets and civic skills that enhance one but not the others capabilities ie the toxic dagger (which is great).
The largest in-game benefit is probably on the noble path when returning to England and trying to get a loan from the guild. High virtue can get the max money (essentially for free).

[Lightkun1988]

High Virtue will also give you healing discounts in the France route and lets you keep your rep with the squad up easier.
(If you have low virtue, you get penalized and lose rep with soldiers and the earl on th regular).

During the early runs, low virtue benefits more but if you got to a point where your profile level is high enough, I would usually go with high virtue.

[jasta85]

Thanks for the info. I did try the man of faith + mortify the flesh combo but it didn't really work out well. I didn't see any "miracles" as the man of faith ability stated (unless they are hidden bonuses you don't see) and sometimes when I got poisoned or bleeding I would get a stat debuff before I could even see the physician. Those stat debuffs seemed to be permanent as my stats did not go up after getting the conditions fixed.

I've been using random characters so far just because I wanted to see how far they can get, but maybe i'll start using custom made ones now just to finish the story.

[Kalitz]

İlk olarak jasta85 tarafından gönderildi:

Thanks for the info. I did try the man of faith + mortify the flesh combo but it didn't really work out well. I didn't see any "miracles" as the man of faith ability stated (unless they are hidden bonuses you don't see) and sometimes when I got poisoned or bleeding I would get a stat debuff before I could even see the physician. Those stat debuffs seemed to be permanent as my stats did not go up after getting the conditions fixed.

I've been using random characters so far just because I wanted to see how far they can get, but maybe i'll start using custom made ones now just to finish the story.

You should get high rep with Cecilia where you can heal up for free, that way when you get blodloss or toxisity you can heal it for free. Afterwards you can swith to baths (100g per use).

[Derrilin]

I never bothered with the mortification option it seemed a bit too fiddly, and as prayer was good enough (what with the random stat increases) until act 3 bathhouse.

[Anduril2009]

Mortifiying flesh gave me about 10 additionoal attribute points the last run, but it was a high leveled custom run with high starting virtue. I'm not sure, if you can achieve the benefits with a random run.

[Kalitz]

For me, Mortifying Flesh just cut down on rest time, before introduction of baths. With high virtue you almost always get double rest and with Cecilia you heal up for free any downsides.