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My reply was no reference to that thread (this time). It is a common misconception from players who purely play SP games to rely on PD to do the fighting for them. This might be due to the problems of enemy armies, which seem to always be one step ahead, plowing a wake of devastation through the player's provinces while getting away from fighting a decisive battle against the players forces that are chasing them. Using PD to "prevent" this leads to a bad playing style. My advice was not to fall for this.