Shattered March Aggrevation

[dantheman102100]

When two armies fight and one looses, why are they rewarded with multiple province lengths immunity to hostile action?

I was under the impression that the whole shattered retreat was to simulate an army's inability to adequately defend itself. Why is it then that shattered retreats can retreat through my armies?

 

[Jamey]

Aggravation. "Aggrevation" is not a word.

Also, the feature was explained in the dev diaries. It prevents the war from being won by the first battle effectively wiping the entire opposing army.

 

[Quaade]

Believe it´s to circumvent the tactic from EU3 that had you running down the fleeing army to the next province, once broken you only had to do this 3-4 max before an army of 20 was wiped out. Also, not sure if massacres were that common in warfare back then, think I recall the loser actually just leaving the battlefield.