[quote=@ImportantNobody]
Most of the skill in war would come from using terrain to your advantage. It's only unfair if they spawn you closer to vital landmarks, but good maps can have plenty of hills and trees scattered around as long as one group isn't better and starting closer.

"Omg! Hax! No placing archers on hills! Arrrggghhhh!"
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That would only work if you had miles upon miles of terrain in which to maneuver around to get the best advantage. When given a standardized map nature is never symmetrical, therefore never fair.