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Also because of the nearby unpleasant guards (ranged, fast). Although even here VT is ahead of everyone - after all, there's the bugged quick combat with result cancellation. Fighting dandruff with a guillotine - how dreary. Or testing reflexes à la Doctor Pavlov?:p

Has SoD long been rid of the "bugged" autobattle and how often is the corrected autobattle used today?
How would a cancelable autobattle save one from unpleasant guards, especially with efficiency comparable to a guillotine?
What does Pavlov have to do with this?