Quote Originally Posted by flogger View Post
It doesn't have anything to do with which side ends "up" in acres. I withdrew from Sanc once up 50,000 acres. They would have hit back for 20,000 and withdrew an hour after we withdrew, so it didn't change who was up acres overall, just by how much.

We ended up crowning that age, but not by more than 20,000 acres.

Its more simply why would you want to let someone wave and withdraw when you can just withdraw before they wave, if gaining acres is your goal.
In that instance Pulse had been up by nearly 100k acres earlier in the war. We turned things around after some strategic changes, and started regaining. Pulse was smart to withdraw when they did (we had no intention of surrendering), but even smarter would have been to withdraw sooner. This again confirms what a huge advantage losing a war gives, since there is essentially no penalty for withdrawing and you get to choose your moment. If pulse hadn't lost that war they would not have crowned.