The Superhero's of RTW?

[Didz]

They really need to tell the AI that, IF defender sallies and IF we have no siege equipment = RETREAT. It was totally absurd. Did I mention it was absurd? Ya it was absurd ;p

I don't agree. If I am the besieger and have not constructed any seige equipment when the defender sallied I wouldn't retreat. I would consider it a gift from the Gods and make mincemeat of the garrison.

The issue you are highlighting is the same one mentioned elsewhere, namely that the AI does not handle the tactical situations very well.

It should have lured your cavalry away from the walls, cut off their retreat and then close in and annihilated them not chased them back and forth under the city walls.

The other mistake the AI made was in choosing an army composition with no missile or light trops to cover its phalanxes. But then your army was equally imbalanced by being totally without infantry. The difference was that you being human knew how to exploit the werakness of the AI whereas the AI had no knowledge at all of how to expliot yours.