[Graeme Dice]

Originally posted by Tris:
I'm unaware of any historical precedent for a conflict in which commanders felt they were able to have one main force, without patrols and pickets, and got away with it.

That isn't what you are suggesting. What the initial person suggested was that heavy infantry with a move of 1 should be made _useless_. This is hardly conducive to good gameplay, and it's hardly historical for harrassing attacks to wipe out a force with both superior numbers and better equipment. It's also not particularly good for a faster and completely inferior force to indefinitely pin down a slower and overwhelmingly superior force. Being able to harrass your opponent doesn't matter at all if you can't defeat them on the field.