If anything it could explain why Cailan didn't have to die, battle winnable or not.
But see, that's the thing. I don't get how in the scenario above, how Cailan could survive unless Loghian took his troops down into that meat grinder of a battle and got nearly everyone killed trying to save the King. Unless the King was smart enough to realize that they were all in danger of being overwhelmed and Loghain would be totally stupid to take his troops into that and sounded his own retreat out of the other side of the pass.
To me, it entirely justifies Loghain's decision to leave the field and jives with what he tells you if you talk to him later, that the choice was between getting the rest of the army killed and letting the King and the wardens die.
It seems like the guys at the bioboards seem to think that Cailan should have been able to hold that position for a long time. I would say that this is true if Cailan and the Grey Wardens had been fighting in close quarter formation like a Greek phalanx or Roman legions, with short swords and spears, heavy shields and everyone standing shoulder to shoulder and acting as one cohesive unit. But with the medieval fighting style of one on one fighting out in the open, with guys in large plate and broadswords, I don't think they could last more than an hour or two.
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But see, that's the thing. I don't get how in the scenario above, how Cailan could survive unless Loghian took his troops down into that meat grinder of a battle and got nearly everyone killed trying to save the King. Unless the King was smart enough to realize that they were all in danger of being overwhelmed and Loghain would be totally stupid to take his troops into that and sounded his own retreat out of the other side of the pass.
To me, it entirely justifies Loghain's decision to leave the field and jives with what he tells you if you talk to him later, that the choice was between getting the rest of the army killed and letting the King and the wardens die.
It seems like the guys at the bioboards seem to think that Cailan should have been able to hold that position for a long time. I would say that this is true if Cailan and the Grey Wardens had been fighting in close quarter formation like a Greek phalanx or Roman legions, with short swords and spears, heavy shields and everyone standing shoulder to shoulder and acting as one cohesive unit. But with the medieval fighting style of one on one fighting out in the open, with guys in large plate and broadswords, I don't think they could last more than an hour or two.