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Originally Posted by Dutch_Wolf
Of course the above is only true when fighting something that is not a 'total war' (a war wherein every resource is made available for the war effort).
In short to have relative close and personal combat with normal high or ultra tech equipment the following seems to be needed:[LIST][*] Some reason why a place can't be shelled/nuked/shot from orbit reasons can be[INDENT][LIST][*] Civilians in the area (when it is illegal or otherwise not a good idea to destroy them)[*] Infrastructure you intent to capture and use(like harbours, airfields, spaceports, etc)[*] Some defence mechanism that can only be destroyed by a small team of specialists (like the earlier mentioned shields)
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Not just Infrastructure either.
You can have rescue missions for hostages or even liberating a POW camp or the enemy may hold prisoners in high value targets to discourage assault.
Also intelligence resources.
The location may also not be conducive to easily getting your long range weaponry on target.