Extreme assault?

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I do agree that whatever the mechanism folks will try to maximise their benefit - that is natural. I do believe, however, that there is a difference between maximising benefit and taking advantage of a flaw in the mechanism.

Also, I would prefer to find a mechanism that didn't have built-in flaws than have to have other rules to discourage folks taking advantage of the flaw.

Finally, I do like the idea that assaults produce more "bloody" results. I believe that the original designers thought so too as they allowed the defender to counter-assault as many times as it was assaulted in a single turn. Of course, under the original assault they never got the chance as they were captured on the first assault. That and they reduced assault strengths compared to fire strengths.

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