Interesting read! Funnily, this reminds me of World of Warcraft 40 vs 40 horde vs alliance battles in Alterac Valley (in vanilla). Can a game battle be taken

Interesting read! Funnily, this reminds me of World of Warcraft 40 vs 40 horde vs alliance battles in Alterac Valley (in vanilla). Can a game battle be taken as a realistic simulation of real battle? Anyway, it matches this description of grouping. Depending on the current meta, both sides would generally urge each other to 'charge' immediately to the enemy base and win. This was called rushing the base. However, sometimes the opposing side would mount a defense. In that case, a battle line would naturally form. Both sides would face off at 40 yards, which was roughly the maximum spellcasting range. They would pick at each other with long range spells, cautiously, no one wanting to do a suicide charge. Then smaller teams on each side (cohorts?) would urge each other to charge in simultaneously. A grouped warrior or mage +healer, if they charged in together, could decimate (yes) the enemy. When that happened, the enemy would attempt to back up. Sometimes they couldn't back up fast enough; they had overcommitted. Then they got 'wiped'. Other times, they retreated and the battle line was re-established closer to their base.