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Originally Posted by com_gwp
Now of course, I had little experience with the franchise, so I have no ideas if there is any underlying reason for this..
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The reasons are actually hinted at in this episode, if you were paying attention. The war happens every 60 years, so everyone has an entire generation to prepare and think about what didn't work last time. Tokiomi literally spent his entire life preparing for this war. Note that Zouken is planning on using Sakura's future children, not Sakura herself.
However, the next war happens only 10 years after this one, when the next generation still hasn't grown up. Rin's still a kid, no matter what she thinks of herself, and obviously Zouken's plan to use Sakura's children wouldn't have time to bear fruit. And the Einzberns didn't have time to prepare another combat specialist like Kiritsugu. Everyone was caught off guard because the cycle got screwed up, so they're all using emergency measures.
Not that having a reason undermines the basic point though. The war
is more professional this time around, and better suited for epicness.