Talk:Recent Updates/@comment-26117386-20150414150551/@comment-26292999-20150414233946

The official explanation given was that when troops move to protect swords, it increases the chance of losing troops, so in consideration of convenience and user-friendlieness they removed this function.

It should be noted that troops only moved to protect swords when heavy has been sustained, and in fact this rarely happens since unless the attack comes from a spear, most likely troops would have been lost first before the sword starts taking damage.

This means that if you continue to sortie while a sword has sustained heavy damage it's almost gauranteed to break.