Alondarin was pretty skilled in terms of working to kill people, but there were times I saw people die because of it. Not always an obvious link, but for example purposes...

That time the tribs and fort fought in the chasm, and the ap managed to iceball someone to death: That would not have happened if Alondarin hadn't been on the offensive and needed to leave to heal.

Which is not to say that it is wrong. I tried to play an offensive scribe myself. But at the same time, it did seem his focus was offense not defense. My logic for doing that was because I thought everyone viewed acolytes as easy meat, and I wanted to change that.