Long story short, I just arrived at the Baptism of Fire quest battle, and it is there where my journey in this wonderful game has ground to a halt.
I get through the first stages of battle and complete the Cuman Commander objective. Then I take out as many archers as I can, and after is where the impassible bug begins.
At some point during the final assault before you reach the boss fight, the game breaks for me. I always get the “too many of your men have died” message and must restart the Cuman Commander objective. I’ve even gotten the message during the boss fight cut scene! I’ve gotten it still when I’ve been surrounded by a good number of my allies.
It seems no matter what I do, or how well I’m doing it, I stumble upon this message and have to press continue.
Not only is this frustrating, when I ‘continue’ the game crashes during the loading screen. This has happened about 3-4 times now, with no solution in sight.
Until this issue is fixed, I cannot get past this quest and continue playing the game. Which is a damn shame considering this has so far been one of the most satisfying games I’ve played, and I really look forward to seeing it through.