i finally figured out what loot was for (haven't played in a while) and spent yesterday getting my guys nice and tight and ready to play - perfect time for a server meltdown
imagine if a captain ordered his dudes in real life to sit in a sheild wall formation and some psycho with a bardiche came up behind them and started hacking away at them only to have the captain say "stop that's garbage" all the while not ordering his units to move