Quote Originally Posted by Darius View Post
Oddly enough, auto-resolving battles seems to get you chevrons far faster than you would if you commanded the battle yourself. Don't know why, and it may just be my imagination, but I doubt it.
This is true, I've seen this behavior quite often. Unfortunately if your faction is not a phalanx faction you will have a difficult time winning auto resolve vs phalanx using factions. The ai places way too much value on a phalanx when you auto resolve.