The Illogic of Flight

[Psientist]

I understand a lot of the logic behind the game regarding flying units. In order to attack melee, a flying unit must come within range of its enemy... thus, "flying" really is just a way to "blink" to an enemy's proximity.

But what about flying mages and ranged-weapon units? Why should a flying mage ever be in range of a melee / infantry unit? It just doesn't seem to fit any sense of battle-logic to me, and I'd be interested to hear what the the game's designers' thoughts were about this.

It would seem more sense to have flying ranged/magic units actually be placed vertically above the battlefield, and attackable only by other magic/ranged units. I can see how this would add a level of complexity to programming, however.