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ne of the main issues of beginners seems to be the devastating effects of flank attacks. And if they were executed with the reckless use of the Orb of Majesty players seem to find this even more annoying.
Warmaster is a game of epic battles, many rules support this not only regarding to playing style, but also regarding looks and appearance. The common battle is supposed to have battle lines facing each other, backed up by reserves. Generals try to win by breaking through the battle line or by outflanking it. To force players to keep their own battle line and to try to outflank their opponents battle line, there are rules restricting the movement of "unaligned" units, rules for brigading, rules for support and the strong effects of flank charges and even the shooting rules are made to make the battle line/outflanking a natural choice for players. So giving (big) advantages to flank charges is a deliberate choice to make the game flow (and also look) in a certain way.
Let's cover the Orb first. Remember the Orb is a one use only item, so in a battle above 1k the player has to think about it's use and use it correctly. On a game of 3k the player really has to save it for the right moment and he must recognize the right moment and if he does so, he should be rewarded. Nonetheless the charge could have gone through even without the Orb (with a more or less lucky command roll), so whether you play with or without the Orb you have to be prepared to counter the flank attacks and when you are prepared, you do not have to care (too much) about the Orb of Majesty.
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