Hazeel
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Saradomin didn't need to do anything to defend Lumbridge...but it would have been nice if he didn't personally attack it. He could have easily moved before setting up camp. But nope. While Zamorak set up his in the middle of nowhere where nobody was hurt, Saradomin endangered his followers to set up his camp.
It's sad that Zamorak treats Saradominists better than Saradomin does.
Sure, it's not like he was in the middle of a battle and set up his camp on an area the explosion had already cleared after Zamorak decided to blast him with a stream of magical energy that he was forced to counter with his own, causing the explosion.
Not sure if you realize this or not, but it's not like he and Zamorak were playing an RTS where you get 5 minutes to pick and choose where you build your stuff before your enemy would have built up the forces to be able to attack you. It was a fight where every second counted. Saradomin was also forced to react to Zamorak constantly escalating the battle in scope and scale. Zamorak was the first to break out the death rays and the first to start summoning his base. The position of which, I may add, had less to do with caring about civilian casualties and more to do trying to defeat/kill Saradomin.
Saradomin didn't have the luxury of being able to choose the spot of the battle or being able to choose where his base would be, and all he knew was that Zamorak was rampaging in an area full of his followers and blasting the ground with little regard for anyone who got in the way. He gave a warning shot to get Zamorak's attention, and didn't know about the Guthixian energy that reacted violently when Zamorak put even more power behind his attack. The direction Zamorak would have to face to attack Saradomin would have fewer residential buildings to hit. If anything, it seems he way trying to get Zamorak away from Lumbridge and potentially hurting his followers.
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