Yeah, I like the fact that my -38 Respect makes them treat me like a sex slave, but I don't like that I absolutely cannot engage with Missions whatsoever, and therefore cannot do upgrades (which apparently increase compliance? I'm not sure about that though), because they require the items that can only be acquired via Missions. When you're first starting out, the Respect mechanic feels like pure flavor, but as the game progresses I realize it's also playing on Extreme Difficulty mode.
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...Okay this might be partially my fault? Apparently paying salary was available since day 11 and I somehow didn't get the option until day 120+, which might have caused everyone to start with low happiness because I couldn't pay them? I dunno if there's some unlock requirement that I just hadn't met yet, or I just somehow never noticed it? I didn't seem to get the option until just after defeating the Warlord.