Having played MB and Warband for quite a while, I find that MB2 has less terrain penalties. It feels weird to keep the same pace on the horse up and down the hill, and nearly never bumping into obstacles. Circkling a group in MB would often get you stuck against a tree or stone, but now I just ride through almost everything. Possibly my graphics card is so old that the game just show trees and not put them there, but it feels wrong. I'm also bothered by the swordswing, but as a rather poor meleefighter at any time I prefer the bow. In MB1/WB you had a much more prominent ballistic curve. In MB2 the arrow will go much straighter. All my enemies gets a new haircut as I consistently aim to high. I have only tested real bows (old style, not modern ones) a few times, and I feel that the arrows will drop faster than in MB2. Just look at how movies demonstrate how they aim for the sky to hit the enemy at far distances.