The 2 items that are pushing me in this direction are the inability of cav archers to get out of their own way, let alone the spears coming after them, in cities. If left untended they get caught and slaughtered every time. And having the general suicide into my spears battle after battle is putting a serious dent in the challenge. I mean he dies, the whole army routs, then my stupid cav can't even chase down and capture/kill the runners, I thought this got fixed in the last game! Oh well, I do enjoy that the AI is pushier and that they are invading via the sea, but I am not sure the cure isn't worse then the disease.