Discussion Main / PendulumWar

I'm not sure I understand what the complaint is here (ignoring for the moment that a trope shouldn't primarily be about complaint — this one clearly is). Stories set in wars tend to be about characters tasked with strategic objectives — which are, by and large, what battles are actually for... at least, the ones worth writing stories about. All the take-and-hold is about getting people into a position where they can do whatever needs doing to stop the enemy/aid the allies, it's rarely about "if we can kill more of them than they kill of us, they'll get scared and go home".

This trope was formerly known as One Sided Battle. It was renamed per this forum thread. Please note that One Sided Battle itself now redirects to Curb-Stomp Battle, also per the thread.