[e1.9.0] Overall Good Release, However...

[Kuundawg]

Overall, been really enjoying the e1.9.0, however I've run into a couple of issues and was wondering if it's just me:

There seems to be a glitch in the battle formations prior to battle. When a new companion joins you (or spouse) and you equip them say as a horse archer. When you get into battle, they are recognized as a horse archer (shows up in the count in parenthesis) but they are grouped with the infantry. The only way to have them join the correct group is to make them captain of the group. I have 3 companions equip as foot archers 1 or sometimes 2 of them always end up in the infantry group instead of joining the rest of the archers. The best I could do was have 2 of them with the archers and 1 with the infantry and that's after swapping captain assignment between the 3 of them.

Another thing I noticed is that there seems to be a small percentage of soldiers that will route and retreat regardless of the situation. I had a mix of 60 soldiers ranging between tier3 - tier5 attacking a group of 15 looters. We crushed them of course with no casualties, yet in the battle report 2 Battalion Hero's and 1 Khusait Kheshig retreated?!! And it's seems consistent (as far as someone retreating) the units change but someone always retreats regardless.

Anyway, if this isn't just me, hope they hotfix it soon. Like I said, overall I'm really enjoying e1.9.0. It "feels" much more stable and performs really well.

 

[Tabitja]

Formation thing really bugs me as well.

There is no actual retreat, for some reason banner bearers are shown as fled.

 

[Keimpe]

Yeah i noticed the same thing, all my companions are on horses, and they simply walk with the infantry. Apart from the companions i have installed as captains. The rest i cannot get into the respective groups.

 

[Numi]

Also experiencing this issue. The piece that bothers me the most is when a companion joins my party with a horse and I remove the horse but now they run around on foot with whatever calvary formation they choose.

 

[Keimpe]

I think we should report this as a bug. This can't be right.

 

[Hechicera]

Did report as bug, did the affected companions have a banner? By the time I noticed it they did, since I had plenty from arena rewards. Not sure if it happened before.

 

[Keimpe]

I think all my companions had banners as well.

 

[anoddhermit]

I've been having battles where at the end I get the engagement screen again against the few remaining routed enemies, and when it happens I often don't get XP for my troops for the main battle, it's like I get it only for the routed troops. :/
It looks I get normal loot at least.

 

[Hechicera]

The second round seems intentional from patch notes. Are you sure you really didn't get any exp? or just weren't shown the end of battle UI? Both are bugs, just different ones.

 

[Bluko88]

Overall, been really enjoying the e1.9.0, however I've run into a couple of issues and was wondering if it's just me:

There seems to be a glitch in the battle formations prior to battle. When a new companion joins you (or spouse) and you equip them say as a horse archer. When you get into battle, they are recognized as a horse archer (shows up in the count in parenthesis) but they are grouped with the infantry. The only way to have them join the correct group is to make them captain of the group. I have 3 companions equip as foot archers 1 or sometimes 2 of them always end up in the infantry group instead of joining the rest of the archers. The best I could do was have 2 of them with the archers and 1 with the infantry and that's after swapping captain assignment between the 3 of them.

Another thing I noticed is that there seems to be a small percentage of soldiers that will route and retreat regardless of the situation. I had a mix of 60 soldiers ranging between tier3 - tier5 attacking a group of 15 looters. We crushed them of course with no casualties, yet in the battle report 2 Battalion Hero's and 1 Khusait Kheshig retreated?!! And it's seems consistent (as far as someone retreating) the units change but someone always retreats regardless.

Anyway, if this isn't just me, hope they hotfix it soon. Like I said, overall I'm really enjoying e1.9.0. It "feels" much more stable and performs really well.

It's a good step in the right direction, but like every patch it introduces a bunch of new issues.

The Banner Bearers showing as "fleeing" isn't a big deal, but it's an odd quirk to be sure.

What's really annoying is all the subsequent battles you have to fight now whenever the A.I. retreats. Also as anoddhermit said it causes you to lose battle loot and XP sometimes, which is a massive problem. Should have left it like before where reinforcements still spawn in even if everyone else is retreating. It's really annoying to keep fighting a battle you've already won.

Of course if the A.I. could truly retreat/surrender it might not be an issue, but of course they can't.


Haven't noticed the Companion problem, but then again I only get Companions to lead formations. Companions are way too expensive to have as a simple soldier.

 

[anoddhermit]

The second round seems intentional from patch notes. Are you sure you really didn't get any exp? or just weren't shown the end of battle UI? Both are bugs, just different ones.

That seems odd... why would I be automatically sent into a second round to fight the routed enemies?
I was definitely shown the end of battle UI. I guess it's possible my troops didn't gain enough XP to level up but it's hard to believe low tier troops that killed many other troops didn't get enough XP to level up at the end of the battle. I'd have to pay more attention next time, but it seems especially common when escorting merchant caravans so maybe it's quest specific.

 

[Keimpe]

Haven't noticed the Companion problem, but then again I only get Companions to lead formations. Companions are way too expensive to have as a simple soldier.

I only have companions leading formations. And they are expensive, yes. I just happen to have one extra that i couldn't let go mainly because of the medicine skill. That's worth my money. So in that case he is part of the infantry, whilst on a horse.

 

[Hechicera]

I was definitely shown the end of battle UI.

I wasn't clear. For the first round only, did you get the end of battle UI then?

I keep restarting to test stuff, so not that many big battles, and I have only seen this once on 1.9 and don't remember if I saw end of battle screen for "Round 1".

 

[anoddhermit]

I wasn't clear. For the first round only, did you get the end of battle UI then?

I keep restarting to test stuff, so not that many big battles, and I have only seen this once on 1.9 and don't remember if I saw end of battle screen for "Round 1".

Ah, yes I got the end of battle UI, but I didn't get to the world map - after the end of battle UI I end up in the attack/send troops option screen rather than being able to choose whether to bother chasing down routed enemies on the map.

I think I was given two different loot screens still though. I will have to check that though. This has happened to me about 3x but um... well I was on like scotch #3 which is about right for Bannerlord but not the best for recalling specifics.

 

[Hechicera]

Ah yes. In *that* context, another round is just fine!