Had some time with 1.7.0 and... holy jesus, son of god is it confusing. From one side, there are things that are amazing: battle terrain system the order of battle, siege fixes... But AI behaviour in battles is... terrible. When you are in an allied army, you almost always loose. even when you win, the casulties are sky rocketing. and im playing on lowest difficulty.
The Ally AI Tactic is always the same: charge the enemy no matter what. They have 400 troop advantage? no problem! almost similar forces? LETS GOOO. Battles that before used to be an easy win, now are just hideus to play, because of the way the battle plays out: either a total loss or a phyric victory.
The funny thing is that the enemy can do proper tactics: shield wall, stay in one spot, let the enemy win. Considering that you cant lead your own armies (there is a bug that crashes the game after every battle) The Army Battles are an absolute ****hole to play.
IF its possible, TW, do give a look at the AI BAttle behaviour when in army, cause i doubt that its working how its supposed to work...