Yes, planning would have been a good thing as well.   It's true that being closer together would have made us more vulnerable to area effect attacks as well as making it easier to buff and protect... it's a trade off.<br/><br/>The main reason we got our butts in a sling in this fight was because our opponents had a plan, and we didn't.  They picked the terms of the fight, and it gave them a big advantage.  It's hard to turn that around when you're getting ambushed.