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[Quickening]

As Prussia I was just attacked by an army belonging to Poland Lithania at a city. Aside from the fact that the battle ran like treacle when it really shouldn't, and that even on fast forward I sat there bored for fifteen minutes waiting for the enemy to arrive, they all just huddled round a corner of my fort and lamely tried to climb the walls.
Victory was inevitable of course, but it would require me sitting there for about an hour until enough of them had died to convince them that their approach was stupid and they should probably just run away. What's the point of this? Despite the fact that I think Empire is a massive step in the right direction in terms of the campaign map, it really does suck hard in a lot of respects. Moreso than Medieval 2 ever did.

Edit: Just to clarify the treacle bit, I can have two gigantic armies ranged against each other and the game will run perfectly but as soon as buildings come into play, even if it's a handful of units fighting, the game just crumbles for some reason. I don't know if it's connected to the glitch that causes the buildings to flash.