Quote Originally Posted by M_is_D
Oh, but I have, I've fought both siege and field battles. And sometimes while I had numerical advantage, I would only get a close victory, while I would get a heroic victory if I auto resolved in similar situations. Immediatly I realized I was doing something wrong, so that was why I came for help.
I think this might be your problem, don't base how well you do in a battle by comparing what you can do to the auto-resolve! It's very unpredictable and gives some odd results at best. The only battles I auto-resolve are when I can't be bothered crushing yet another badly outnumered band of rebel peasants. The auto-calc seems to do pretty well for these battles, often losing less troops than I would have (though that's not why I auto-calc, these types of battles becoming boring very quickly) but I don't take that to mean I'm a poor general, just that the auto-calc code isn't perfect (and why would you expect it to be?).

As I say, battle more, worry less and you'll be fine