[Norfleet]

Supposedly, this was brought about because of the possibility of having two armies face off that just sit there and make nasty faces at each other, which does not make for a very interesting battle to watch. Or so goes Illwinter's justification.

Personally, I think this is a lame excuse, and if I ever run into the person who actually came up with it, I will pummel him to within an inch of his life. I mean, seriously: Who says you actually have to *WATCH* this? It's not like anyone's FORCING you to watch boring battles, or that battles don't have a terminating auto-rout condition in 50 rounds anyway if the attacker elects to simply sit there instead of attacking.