just loaded a game on mega map with 10 ai players turn 13 in battle sov armed with short sword collected from ancient battle site battle sequence as follows

turn 1 brigidand & sov start 5 squares apart, brigidand runs forward toward sov 2 squares

turn 2 sov swings short sword at brigidand (note this is at 3 squares range) kills brigidand

question should the short sword have a range greater than ONE square????

my thought is that swords/hammers/axes should have a range of ONE square with archers,catapults,range spells having a range of MORE than one

also tested in same game archers missing 100% at ANY range.

and have verified elemental's installation, so that eleminates the theory of corrupt install causing these issues.

edit

additional info sword attack can happen on the range of movement, so if a unit has 8 combat range and a lord hammer it can kill a unit 8 squares away with a single swing WITHOUT moving

edit 2

have also verified that this issue can ALSO happen with a purchased short dager

edit 3 here is a link to a video I took showing the problem with the sword of the soverign

the video was taken with s digital still camera in movie mode of  the leadup to a battle and the battle between my sov & a costal skaath, the skaath died without making a move and the sov only made one strike.

harpo