Characters won’t fight back or charge at times

[AnthonyNVII]

Hi all. Hopefully some of you might have an answer to this problem I’m having. It seems to have started once the crossbows were introduced. So at times, when I have characters follow one of my characters, if we are randomly attacked by creatures or bandits, my troops just won’t foght back and just take the hits. They only fight when the person they are following gets hit, or when I pause the game, select everyone, and tell them to fight.

Other times, it seems that if I have one person exploring, and bandits (or creatures) spot him and go in for the kill, my character just won’t fight unless they swing first. The moment they raise their blade to engage is when my character will engage back. It’s very frustrating to just see my character just standing there looking at them like “o hi friend are you here to say hello? No o man your here to kill me aren’t you!??” lol.

I seem to remember before intro of crossbows that if enemies agro’ed on my troops, my troops would charge out to meet them. Now if enemies Agro on my troops, my troops will patiently wait for the enemy to get close to sword range before engaging.

I’m not sure if this is a bug, or if my guys are in some stance that I need to take them out of. Just for a heads up, my troops are not in hold mode. This happens no matter what. If I start a brand new game it happens.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks everyone!

[thedr4gon]

it sounds kinda basic but did you check if those characters have the "Hold" mode on? because then they will only fight back if they are engaged by an enemy in melee. check them individually, as mass checking/unchecking doesnt really work.