Yea I hear ya. To be fair, the community can only get so creative with a battle post.
What I would much prefer team @splinterlands do with these is encourage and/or require the lore get worked in to tell a story of the battle - whether as a on-field viewer, as a battle mage, or some other vantage point.
Stories of battles in a fantasy land have the potential to be interesting to a much wider audience.
Thanks for the thoughts here, Saydie!