SP - General "Muti-phased" battles suck all fun out of the game

[piton8888]

In big battles enemy always retreats, often two times in a row, and you have to replay same battle over and over again.
Problem is, if you actively participating in a battle, there is very little chance you will be able to participate in later stages, because you'll be wounded
And then autoresolve will take half your army, when in real battle you would won with very little casualties
So you forced to stay behind your troops with your bow, to make sure you will be present for all phases

Meaning you locked out from the best part of this game - charging enemy and swinging your two handed bardiche axe left and right.
That additional phases force you to a very boring playstyle.

Please consider removing them - they make no sense anyway.
If enemy wants to fight - they should fight to the death. If enemy wants to route - they should route.
Routing, changing their mind and attacking again makes no sense.

 

[mangalore]

I made my suggestion here https://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php?threads/escape-mechanic-for-fleeing-armies.457003/

Imo the bigger problem of it is a death spiral for the losing side if they retreat because it means they are in worse and worse odds and cannot run away. Aka a sensible decision by the AI to retreat is actually bad for it and they should have continued the first battle with continuing reinforcement waves.