North Africa unit morale

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Yes the Compass '40 scenarios were an expansion pack for Alamein '42 title created by Volcano Man with the help of Steel God, since the Gold upgrade they have been included by default in the title.

I don't have Alamein loaded at the moment but normally VM includes notes with his scenarios which you may find included in the game files, if they do exist then they might explain the reason for the quality ratings?

I am certainly not an expert on this campaign, but were the 6th Division facing their first action, if so that might explain why they were C rather than B quality?

If I get to chat to VM I will certainly ask if he can remember, but these scenarios were created a long time ago now so it might tax his memory. 

No need- I am pretty sure the explanation was always in the notes; it was something along the lines of its being the 6th Division's initial action.  

I pointed out that it was a mod - yes originally, and was included - like a lot of created material has been with the later updates  -the point was more along the lines that it was researched and developed outside of the group that put together the initial product.  It wasn't because I wasn't aware that it was now included in the release. 

The way that morale works in these engines are probably best looked at when comparing the overall effect within the context of play. Individual morale ratings are more or less irrelevant outside of the context of how they interact.

The thing about whacking in all of the extra content is it tends to put the context of the original release out of context -where as when they were all from Ed's site - then that was the context  ... and no mistake he has done a ton for the hobby, and basically is a bit of a role model. 

While I don't actually agree with how he assessed the morale as he had in the notes - it didn't impact the play - essentially the campaign scenario was about assaulting the fortified positions and then pursuit.  The mobility limitations on the Italians are probably the biggest factor in their own demise. Gavin Long's book has some details about the composition of the 2nd AEF. Off the top of my head, apart from the obvious, they were an all volunteer force (iow - no draft), their core leadership group were comprised of WWI combat veterans.