Sometimes in games like this whichever unit rolls damage first just wins hard, is this game the same?

Everyone one of my battles so far has taken until nightfall. It's not a valid tactic to draw away the cavalry, because I still have to destroy them to get a victory before night fall. It seems I just have to confront them directly with my infantry, which feels... inauthentic to actual ancient battles (I'm just imagining a lot of west and central asian battles were more day-after-day skirmishes). For the sake of the game, how do I finish them off?...

Any advice fighting against warbands? I have tried both Carthaginian and Roman campaigns and I am getting destroyed in the warband battles. The hoplite units just melt against them, even the 'veteran armored' hoplite often has worse odds and that is my elite unit? I have had no issues finishing some of the other campaigns but these warbands seem to be my nemesis....

Anyone here a Dacian army list expert? Not many options on the dacian armies but curious if there is a general strategy to using them against opponents with lots of cavalry. With only three max superior cav (carpi version) and a limited number of skirmishers, I find I can fight defensively relatively well for a period of time but ultimately get overwhelmed, or flanked. I love Falxman but unless the terrain is advantageous to either hiding them or managing to somehow flank with them (hard since they are ...

I have to use the Win11 screen magnifier when I play games. Unfortunately, this game stops tracking the mouse cursor after hitting the Play Game button in the launcher. None of the in-game settings fix this. Any suggestions on what might fix this?