Everyone understands damage.
Big weapon.
Good equipment.
High stats.
More shots.
Easy.
What is harder to appreciate is being in the right place at the right time.
The new stamina system gives every player 100 stamina and regenerates 10 per hour. Each region crossed costs 10 stamina. Once stamina cannot cover the trip, oil takes over at 2 oil per region. So even a player on the opposite side of the map can reach a battlefield, but the trip now has a real cost.
That means a player who is already near the front can suddenly be more valuable than the player with the bigger gun sitting 15 regions away.
Think about that next time somebody says:
“Why aren't our strongest players fighting?”
Maybe they aren't fighting.
Maybe they're travelling.
And in the new War Era, logistics is part of combat.