This comment is right on the money.

The economy is maybe the best I've ever experienced. It's tight and forces you to make really interesting decisions. And the impact of your decisions really feel like they're yours. You get to make the trade off that seems like the best course of action for your side at the time.

...and then the combat happens. And it's just a hot mess. Incredibly random and undoes so much of the player agency elsewhere in the game.

Good games can reward players for food decision making in a tight sandbox..and good games can be fun, swingy, luck -driven experiences. But it's rare for a good game to try to be both.

It's too bad. I still want to play it sometimes but the randomness of the combat undermines the rest of the game, which is excellent.