Quote Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae View Post
Trust me, it's not the battles that are the problem, it's the overwhelming number of armies on the campaign map. My 45+ troops, all mounted, can decimate any size of army. The problem comes when armies are coming from all sides and I have to abandon a siege just to protect a previous fortress because my vassal protecting said fortress is too dumb to do anything about it.
Kekvit, I know it takes a while (esp with the ridiculously high escape rates), but before I go to battle with anyone, I always try to defeat most of their armies and capture most of their lords first. It really helps. And when I play with the ability to load, it is really easy. I just keep loading after a battle where a lord escapes and refight it until I capture him, so then I have a 100% capture rate.