[Arryn]

Originally posted by PvK:
Furthermore, retreating can often be a good thing. If a small group routs, it is often beaten up, fatigued, and about to die, and having it withdraw to fight another day can be a very good thing. Same is often true for an army. Fighting to the death when overpowered is often a bad idea, and you need to start running before its decided, to have a reasonable chance of escape.

It's also more interesting to play a game where a reasonable number of the defeated side are able to continue to fight in later battles, instead of being wiped out in all-or-nothing battles. It makes wars much more strategically interesting than if it were like, say, SE4, where entire wars are frequently decided by single to-the-death-despite-the-odds bloodbaths. It's also a lot of fun to have both friendly and enemy characters and armies re-appear in multiple battles, even after being defeated.

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PvK

Well said!