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Yea and I can see at least one way of avoiding arrow catchers = there is a way to counter it = it isnt imbalanced.

You can retreat the commander that is commanding the and set the archers to guard that commander (this way they will pull back "guarding the commander" until the enemy bait units fall back and then your achers will bounce back and start firing at the closest army(which by now should be the main army))

And as Kobal2 said learning this tricks is the difference between a battle won and lost.

I also think that the creators of the game did quite a good job, they made a deep game with loads of small tricks and quirks, which reward the more experienced players and players who are willing to spend more time organising their armies, rather than putting newer players at the same level as experts.