[Ragnarok]

I agree with what Puke has to say about it. They had to rush to meet the deadline they did have for Gold so that might be one reason of many that they did not impliment it into Gold.

Another reason may be realisim(sp). In a actual fight were you got two sides if one side backs down the other advances, so they'd be the same distance apart unless one was faster. Thus retreating would get you no where but further away from the start of the battle. Unless you look at it likes this, in space/sci-fi type of shows/games, ships have faster then speed engines. So if the retreating party engaged their engines they cuold've gained enough ground on their pursuer that in effect they would have "retreated". Because unless the enemy is faster then you are you would maintain a large enough distance to keep out of firing range and thus effectivly retreat".

That's just one of many ways to look at it. I probably confused you all with that. It's late here so most likely I did confuse you. But who knows why Aaron didn't add it to Gold. We can only hope he puts it in the next patch for Gold.