but i must say that it would be wise to be able to give more commands to allied lords , like siege this castle , wait here , defend this ; etc ... the game AI on map and in battle must be seriously revamped .
for instance you can see the allied lord that are supposed to follow you run after each enemi party instead of following you closely.This afternoon i was sieging some swadian castel, I had 80 men or so and a party of 60 swadian came towards me , and when they were too close they started to flee then they come back and so on , it was so stupid.
And having a minin map would help so much to place your troop were you want ( I mean a real mini-map not this transparent square ).