Signed it, passed it around, hopefully the devs listen. I'm sure they think their alternatives will be good, and they probably will be, but I want ol' reliables available just in case. I'm not sold on that "modders can fix it" thing, fuck that crap.
Adding battle is important if Bannerlord wants to reel in the NW crowd, and they have a much better chance at doing so by just including battle, even if it ends up not being used as much as the other gamemodes. Personally I'd like to see the more competitive scene gravitate away from just battle, and have team based bracket-style events use more than just one gamemode, since a group's flexibility shows off its overall skill really well, but blah blah blah battle is still important to have.