"Forced into Battle" since when is this a thing?

[pcw27]

Forced into battle   (1 hour, 12 minutes ago)
Even though you were trying to leave Duil, you did not have many hours reserved for travel and did not get far enough to avoid the enemy troops. You are forced to do battle.

So this happened because I was approaching Duil with 2 hours left, I then turned around and field camped down to 0 hours.

I've never seen this before. Has anyone else seen this? Is it a new feature?

[Jaden]

i think you need to be like at least 4? hours away from the region to not be forced into battle

[Tom]

I've never seen this before. Has anyone else seen this? Is it a new feature?

No, it's been in the code for years.

[Anaris]

Yeah, that's been around for at least 5-6 years, IIRC.