it occurs to me that the problem with being unable to leave the battlefields might have something to do with the fact that perhaps people have used the act 1 battlefield keys to access the battlefields map as i did. meanwhile, if the patch has corrected this then you should only be able to access the battlefields if you find the keys for them in act 2. i have found 1 in the cell where i rescued the imps, for level 3 battlefields, act 2, which i clicked on and it appears to have activated them legitimately. and of course God did whisper in my ear, knowing the frustration i'd experience, and told me to save a copy of the game right at the beginning of act 2, as well as the end of act 1. so, if worse comes to worse, i should be able to install the patch and begin from act 2 beginning with no problem, right? (hopefully.)
also, are people dropping a teleporter at the battlefields rather than using the skill tree option? seems like a silly thing to do to me. i'd rather use my teleporter stone for something else and save the trip to the battlefields for the keys. they were designed to fit the locks afterall, and backdoors such as teleporters do have ways of being shut.
please tell me i'm not going to experience the summoning doll problem that crashes the game. i'd really hate that.