The patch is here

[Whacker]

Downloading From Russia. I think the server is in the Northwest so it will take longer.

РДТҀН ІИЅТАЬЬЄЛ, КОМГАЛЄ

[IrishArmenian]

РДТҀН ІИЅТАЬЬЄЛ, КОМГАЛЄ

Hehehe. Only while installing the patch did I notice the greek mirror.

[CharleyLFC86]

So has anyone else encountered maps (particularly in Spain) in which combat is made impossible by the terrain? I read eagerly through the patch details hoping to see a fix, but there was none. Ok, if you don';t know what I mean by these battles, I will explain.

About fifteen or so times, I have been battling in a mountainous region. When the map loads up, and I deploy my troops, my deployment zone is limited to a high bluff or on the top of the cliff. When I start the battle, it becomes clear that the bluff is completely impassable fron end to end, and the enemy is always at the bottom, in clear ground. After using all my arrows, even when defending, you will lose. The computer does not retreat or end the battle. It simply waits for you to hit escape and automatically lose the battle, unrealistically slaying hundreds of your men in the automated retreat. I was fighting a key battle, fending off a Spanish invasion, in Zaragoza last night, and this happenned. The spanish had about 2000 infatry with only one or two units of pikemen (this is on vh/vh). My army was much smaller, around 1000 men, but it was composed of english knights and 3 units of retinue longbowmen. I was going to butcher them in a mighty cavalry charge, but the map placed me on top of a cliff, disconnected from the spanish forces. I used all my arrows, killing about 150 men, and then pressed the 3x button, hoping the computer would retreat or declare a draw. Nope. I eventually quit the battle, and the computer gave me 500 casualties and called it a crushing defeat. It was ludicrous. Worse, my autosave simply loaded me back to the immediate moment following the battle, so I had to soldier on with that stupid injustice. how has this bug not been noteiced by them?! It's outrageous.

[Gray_Lensman]

So has anyone else encountered maps (particularly in Spain) in which combat is made impossible by the terrain? I read eagerly through the patch details hoping to see a fix, but there was none. Ok, if you don';t know what I mean by these battles, I will explain.

About fifteen or so times, I have been battling in a mountainous region. When the map loads up, and I deploy my troops, my deployment zone is limited to a high bluff or on the top of the cliff. When I start the battle, it becomes clear that the bluff is completely impassable fron end to end, and the enemy is always at the bottom, in clear ground. After using all my arrows, even when defending, you will lose. The computer does not retreat or end the battle. It simply waits for you to hit escape and automatically lose the battle, unrealistically slaying hundreds of your men in the automated retreat. I was fighting a key battle, fending off a Spanish invasion, in Zaragoza last night, and this happenned. The spanish had about 2000 infatry with only one or two units of pikemen (this is on vh/vh). My army was much smaller, around 1000 men, but it was composed of english knights and 3 units of retinue longbowmen. I was going to butcher them in a mighty cavalry charge, but the map placed me on top of a cliff, disconnected from the spanish forces. I used all my arrows, killing about 150 men, and then pressed the 3x button, hoping the computer would retreat or declare a draw. Nope. I eventually quit the battle, and the computer gave me 500 casualties and called it a crushing defeat. It was ludicrous. Worse, my autosave simply loaded me back to the immediate moment following the battle, so I had to soldier on with that stupid injustice. how has this bug not been noteiced by them?! It's outrageous.

Possibly not a bug. I read somewhere that some battles will result in impossible engagement unless you approach from the correct point on the strategic map and that it was up to the players to discover which route(s) worked or not.