Why dont you uninstall patch 1.2 and then reinstall it peice by peice leaving out any files you dont want.

And i think what CA meant by friendly is if you have troops standing imediatly in front of your archers then the archers wont fire right into their backs like they did before. I cant even tell you how many casualties i took simply because my archers were too close to my other units. But that doesnt happen anymore with 1.2.