Lances are amazing like that. I wonder if its a design flaw. They write the book like its a huge a punishment to have to stop using it - but...
What lore did your slann take, what spells were working for you? How are the terradons going?
Absolute guesswork on my part. If there wasn't so many armies, I'd post a poll for each of them in the "other armies" section and see what people...