What is the point of battle?
Primarily to gain score. Battle will give you victory score based on 1. your opponent’s score and 2. the amount of troops (and mechs if applicable) that you lose. You will receive a base victory score based on a percentage (up to a certain max.) of your opponent’s score, so the larger their score, the more score you can win. Also you will gain a score equal to the amount of points that you lost due to troops and mech losses. Beyond gaining score from victories, your opponent (or you if you lose) will lose a score based on a percentage of the winner’s score pre-attack. Beyond just gaining score, you will be causing damage to your opponent helping him/her to lose other score as well and setting them back a bit as they have to rebuild. In the end this is a PvP game where the primary goal is to gain 1st place in score. Battle acts as another means to help get you there. Population and land theft during battle will NOT be implemented. There are multiple reasons for this ranging from balance
