Attacker take damage first ?

By Jashugan_sky, in Forbidden Stars

Why it's spedified in the rulebook : "Starting with the attacker, both players in the combat suffer damage equal to the difference".

Does that mean if all the attacker units are destroyed the combat phase end without he can give his damages to defender ?

If damage are really simultaneous why writing in rules "attacker take damage first" ? what is the purpose of such a precision ?

Edited by Jashugan_sky

No, the combat first end when both player get the damage and one player is defeated. The defender can react to the dicision of the attacker (routed a strong unit or kill a weak unit) and thats all. for defender is it the better position in this case. but i dont know, why it was so designed. it is a small, but not totally unimportant rule.

Edited by The Bishop

You're right, could change something indeed. Thanks