by mbgalarneau
For me, 1/2 the point of the system is composing your army to meet the available points for the scenario. I rarely (if ever) play a game using all of the pieces on each side.Even at that, you can compose the armies into a lesser number of large deployments or a greater number of smaller deployments.
Both of those give a satisfactory flexibility to vary the style on each side.
Of course the system leans closer to the game end of the spectrum as opposed to the simulation end, so your main point does have some validity.