Re: OT-MWII Modding help!?!
Well, in short, EB has no equal. No, not vein arrogance or flattery, but the amount of time, effort, and commitment is simply so unrivaled that there's nothing comparable. That is not to say there aren't other good mods out there, I would personally recommend Lusted's Lands to Conquer mod.
As a side note, the EB team is making "EB2" for M2:TW, though i'm not sure about any release dates, it wouldn't surprise me if it's very, very far off.
Re: OT-MWII Modding help!?!
M2 is still fairly recent, so there hasn't been any time for major mods to come out. The first classical mod of decent standard to come out for M2 will be radicies imperii, so far as I know, (which at least graphicly is up to EB standards). After that I suspect that EB will be the next major classical mod. Incedentialy, I am planning my own mod for M2 - wheel of time total war, anyone interested?