Quote Originally Posted by SpencerH
I know it happened in Shogun..
Actually, I don't think it did happen in Shogun. STW had what has been called "Benny Hill" code, whereby a unit that repeatedly tried to evade combat would eventually rout. It's not there in RTW, so you can win a (timed) defensive battle with only one cavalry unit if you have taken out the enemy cav.

Given that the tone of the article suggests that the author was pleased and surprised by the AI behaviour I have to wonder if there hasnt been sufficient playtesting.
Well, it often does take a while to find faults. But IMO this issue is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of things. Certainly not the key factor to decide if M2TW has better AI than RTW.