In this game I suspect it would work something more along the lines of
Player doesn't really enjoy/agree with whole agent aspect of game and
therefore doesn't concentrate on it. Player tries to concentrate on
millitary aspect of game, which they enjoy. Opponent pursues agent
strategy which completely nullifies millitary aspect of game. Player
gets frustrated and decides not to continue playing ME since it doesn't
allow them to concentrate on the aspect of the game that they enjoy and
have a chance of being successfull. Of course, I haven't even played
yet... so maybe I'm way off base... but I could totaly see something
like that being the case for me.Chris
I love the Angmar fight between Witch King and Arthedain and Cardolan (plus whatever special guests each side can convince to come). Its rare for any character actions to have any effect on this for the first ten turns and makes for a very tactical game.
BOFA also has a similarity, with precious little chance for creating a killer agent.
Sam