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Yes gauging when to throw caution to the wind is also an integral part, shift your attack & throw off guard or capitalise (hopefuly) on an unexpected opportunity. All this though is much easier if your recon has done its job. They might not get caught up in the fight much but boy do they keep your loses acceptable. Thinking about it if include recon in force to a large portion of my force is doing this most of the time only stopping when its time to light the fuse.
A decisive strike is then possible which is both safer & far more satisfying if you pull it off.