Just had my first attempt against the Mameluke AI (neutral). I was not optimistic at first, but I still ended up winning about 35 to 90. Was quite tense for a while, though I do find very large battles a bit tedious because of the number of BGs to activate or wait for (when the AI is playing). Still...

Just won as the Macedonians on my first attempt (against the AI, which is about par for the course: I win on the first attempt 95% of time, 2nd attempt: 4% of time, 3rd attempt: 1% of the time, and give up less than 1% of the time: Hattin as the Crusaders comes to mind). My left wing cavalry held st...