Medieval Total War 2 1.5 Patch -

With his king dead and his army routed, England fractures. Scotland invades from the north. The Pope, fickle as ever, lifts my excommunication because I built a cathedral in Rheims (another 1.5 tweak: public order from religious buildings now scales correctly).

My first move is economic. In patch 1.5, the merchant bug is fixed; they no longer merge into an invincible super-merchant. So I flood the Timbuktu trade routes individually, securing gold one unit at a time. Meanwhile, my spies, with their fixed line-of-sight, infiltrate Caen. Richard left behind a mere garrison of spear militia and a single unit of Dismounted Feudal Knights. medieval total war 2 1.5 patch

This is the 1.5 patch. The AI no longer mindlessly charges its general into my pikes. It flanks. It retreats in good order. It abuses the Pope’s patience just as I do. With his king dead and his army routed, England fractures