Ok, adding some more questions to the debate...

How would you expect your "units" to behave? like the usual mindless RTS drones, or more "naturally" i.e. running if things get too dangerous?

Do you loose when the main character gets killed (RPG), or carry on (RTS)??

There are lots of gray areas like this, where the two genere''s do different things in similar scenarios.

Morfe!
That was a very nice idea! Maybe we can add a story into it and maybe a scenario editor!
I want you to mail me: freddan_TeaManfred@hotmail.com

And to NightWraith:
My oppinion is that the NPC should act naturally, if it is a NPC living in a villiage, he will do what he should to survive, just like morfe explained the player to do...



"Nasa''''s robot crashed on mars,
but here we trash it, on RobotWars!"

-Sir Manfred

I was talking more about Units.. i.e. those directly under your control... But I do agree I would expect them to act more naturally. (probably not upto the point where they''re balking at orders they dont like)