20 minutes of free EXP?  How awful!
When the attackers fight each other in order to help break gear, there's a violation.  They're breaking the spoils of war.
When the defenders lose lives, any at all, because the attackers are delaying, there's a violation.  Lost troops and what not that would have been avoided had the rules been followed.
Just two points.  Meanwhile, the second attack is now in place, with the defenders at a slight disadvantage... something that could have been avoided.  So yes, there is something a tad 'awful' about it.  But then, the Squids rarely follow rules.  Last strat, this strat...  every little strat strat.