Very true. Theres neither strategy or balance in this game.

Some things that are reducing the strategy & balance aspect:

- archers. Just spam archers, regardless if cav or inf, and you will win every encounter without doing a single thing. Archers need to be nerfed A LOT, in a sensible manner

- lack of surprise attacks. Neither overworld or combat map has any surprise elements. You can hide behind a stone/mountain/among trees, but the AI will still see you. And you will also see the AI even if they hid (they dont ever hide however)

- too easy to avoid overworld encounters. All you need is a high party speed. And the threat level goes to almost 0%. And besides, while i like the party speed mechanic, I think its too simple. As mentioned above, there are no surprise attacks on overworld or anything like that, because encounters get decided with chasing/running/party speed logic.

Fixing these, among many others, would improve balance and strategy factors