I can confirm that some fortresses with an enemy sorcerer general that could wipe out an entire stack with Scorching rays could be winnable with minimal losses using the auto-battle.
So between what the two of you are saying, am I correct to conclude that if you have strong abilities with your general, go manual. If the enemy's general is very strong, go auto-resolve?
Good to hear that someone else is seeing the same things I am.
Yep! Of course, there's no downside to always having auto-resolve set to "On" because you get the choice whether to use its result. But you can expect a better manual result if the enemy general is weak.
Originally Posted by Rhobar121
I think that the auto-battle is bugged several times, it caused me losses of 30-40% in fights where in manual fights I did not have to use any spells (9 vs 4). These were fights without an enemy general, so something must be broken.
I guess except for when this happens. I assume the auto-battler just randomly simulates units-vs-units which can lead to things like having the enemy-heavies decimating your low-AC-archers. Whereas in a real battle you'd be protecting your archers. Not a "bug" per se, but just suboptimal battle AI.
