Marelli
Kind of an inherent flaw in OPs, aint it? It's part of the game to try to maximise your army and minimise the opponent army before the battle even starts, but the better you succeed in that, the less exciting the actual battle is.
Just another reason we need regular NPC attacks on OPs if there aren't enough real player battles :P
That would be neat to try out.. It should make things more interesting. Somthing should be done to make them more fun like they used to be back in 2007-2009.