Originally Posted by
Verminator
NS hits armies home and away, but only specs and soldiers to any great degree. Most offenses are elites these days, so the damage NS can do to offense is minimal vs the cost. Propaganda is the one you can't leave your armies home for. But still, I said this in another thread; I get that the devs have changed the gains system to protect everyone's ability to "keep fighting" in war (nobody is taken completely out so everyone can still play Utopia), but they should now provide some new way for offenses to be held in check in light of the loss of deep chaining. Nothing as powerful, but options need to be there, otherwise as you said, there's a frustration level involved in never being able to really stop an enemy in war now.