Ok, I understand you send in your soldiers. They wreck the enemy win the fight, and bring back the gold. Why when we send in the Assassins they wreck the enemy, they win the fight, and come home empty handed. I say we should get gold for every action even scouting. When we scout someone they dont even know we are there why not grab some stuff and bring it back?
It isn't based on realism, every action has a purpose. This games mechanics are trying to be balanced (ee wars don't count, I mean off system) so that no action is overpowered and they a have a purpose each.
Because the purpose of assassinating is to kill the troops who could take your gold. If they toke the gold they would be weighed down and couldn't run away as fast. Part of the reason why when you steal you don't get as much as an attack. Can't e weighing down your spies