Ranged Units Don't Participate in City Defense?

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Apologies if this has already been discussed, but I'm not entirely clear why my ranged units don't take part in city defense. This has cost me several cities, as suddenly my garrison of archers turns out to be useless. Is this a bug, or a purposeful design choice?

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Upgrade your version to 0.86.  Archers are bugged in 0.85 in that they will not participate in auto-fought battles.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

Did you start a new game or continue an old game with the new patch?

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I am using 0.86 and had mages garrisoned in my city. The one time my city was attacked they did not participate in the battle. Tactical not auto.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes, these was a new game under 0.86. Multiple new games, actually. In every city defense, mages and archers do not take part in tactical battles. Very repeatable.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

I also saw that my mages did not participate in city defense battles. My archers (mounted) did. I have not tried out a battle with normal archers.

 

I have v0.86

Reply #7 from Elemental Forums Top

There's a bug with mages, thanks for the report.

Reply #8 from Elemental Forums Top

I haven't used mages yet, but I know archers show up. 

I did have a problem with a champion called Bannon Heighsley, though.  He never showed up in a city battle.  Probably drunk in the tavern.  :annoyed: