what you seeing is the result of the "under dar request", people are just learning how to sneak attack, all sides do it, we will just have to adapt new tactics to counter sneak attacks.
the offense vs defense is not so black and white, last night the bish would take a base by sneak attack with the field undamaged and then up 15-20 fighters to "defend" the base from counter attack, the knights did not have superiour numbers and with so many knights tied up trying to "attack "the well 'defended' captured base the bish would just grab another one.
we will just have to adapt new tactics
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