Taking that part of the battlefield experience out of it, in my opinion, makes it a fairy tale or sophomoric action-adventure, and unrealistic as a result. I understand that this was a stylistic choice but the decision to avoid the gritty parts of it makes the combat scenes less realistic. Then again, I read "The Iliad", so I'm all for making combat as non-glorious as possible using as much graphic description to make the scene come alive as you can. There is a lot to be gained from holding the image of a noble warrior next to the gory reality.

One of my least favorite scenes overall, the Dumai Wells Battle, was actually one of the better battle scenes, in my opinion. It was confusing, we saw corpses, really evoked a feeling of close combat and the Ashaman illustrating the reality of channeling in battle (tearing bodies apart is what fireballs and lightning would do, anyway, so the only reason I can think that Aes Sedai reacted the way they did was because they have taken part in so few battles in the modern era). This was one of those parts where Aes Sedai not dressed for such a melee were depicted as rushing into the midst of it without tripping or their skirts becoming burdened with the blood, which goes to show an example of how one aspect of a scene can be done right while another aspect is handled in a lazy fashion.